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LETTER:
Shame on anyone who doesn't oppose the buffalo 'hunt',
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 01/31/06
The government of the state of Montana, along with the National
Park Service, and anyone who did not speak out against the buffalo "hunt"
should feel absolutely ashamed of themselves at this point.
The latest person to come out to execute a
buffalo at Horse Butte, shot at the buffalo three
times from within 105 yards of a house. It moved wounded but
not dead to private land, where it was illegally shot at a fourth
time on land that no hunting is permitted and bled to death
after the two-hour ordeal. The fourth shot was recklessly in
the direction of a neighboring house. Another neighbor just
phoned me to say she saw a hunter walk past her window, and
then a Department of Livestock truck just drove past.
Is this the kind of behavior we residents
of Horse Butte have to look forward to for the rest of this
reckless execution-style buffalo hunt? This is not a hunt
any respectable individual would take part in.
On Jan. 31, the agencies carrying out the
Bison Management Plan, which also involves stealing bison calves
from the Park and their families to put them in experimental
quarantine facilities, will host an open house from 4-8 p.m.
at the Hilton Garden Inn. Please come out and speak up for the
buffalo.
Respectable hunts and treatment of wildlife
would not have the Department of Livestock as the lead agency,
and the animals would legally be allowed on hunting grounds.
This is not the case with the bison. These bison need every
person possible to speak up for them so they can get the respect
they deserve, to be treated as equal to all the other endangered
wildlife.
There is absolutely no honest reason why they
should be treated any other way.
Jennifer Nitz
West Yellowstone |
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