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Boycott the Cattle/Beef Industry | Buffalo
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Yellowstone
Bison Action Alert 5/30/07
All the buffalo shown in Montana, including newborn
babies,
were sentenced to slaughter on Tuesday, May 29
by the Montana Board of Livestock. |
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Boycott
the Cattle/Beef Industry
"Beef:
It's what's killing wild buffalo."
Buffalo Field Campaign will begin conducting
education and outreach regarding the dire effects of the livestock
industry. Learn more about the boycott, DOL's budget, books
to read, videos to watch, cattle free recipes, words from supporters,
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Make Change with your Buffalo Nickels!
Less than 200 years ago buffalo numbered 30-60 million in this
country, roaming from coast to coast. They fed, sheltered, and
clothed a nation. They were held in the highest regard by the
First Peoples of this land.
When explorers Lewis and Clark set out on their westward expedition
for the U.S. Government, they encountered buffalo so numerous
they darkened the plains, like a vast ocean. The new nickel
released into circulation by the U.S. Mint depicts a bull buffalo
on the flip side to commemorate and celebrate this ecological
richness, and the 500,000 buffalo alive in the country today
that supposedly demonstrate a "conservation success."
Yet the vast majority of the country's buffalo aren't even pure
buffalo - they contain cattle genes. They are not wild. They
do not migrate. They are fenced in. They are raised and treated
as livestock.
Today the reality is that there are only 15,000 genetically
pure buffalo left in the country, and only 4,200 of these -
the Yellowstone herd - are wild and unfenced and have continuously
occupied their native range. To be truly wild, they must be
free and that means the buffalo need room to roam, unmolested.
But as evidenced by the actions of the Department of Livestock
(and participating federal agents), Montana refuses buffalo
freedom. If this is how we are going to treat the last wild
herd then we feel there is nothing to celebrate. It's time to
put our money where our mouth is.
If you hold any of these new buffalo nickels, we call on you
to make change. Send your buffalo nickels to Montana's Governor
Brian Schweitzer. Give him your five cents about the buffalo
and tell him to put your buffalo nickel toward purchasing habitat
for wild buffalo in Montana.
Send your buffalo nickels to Governor Schweitzer at:
Office of the Governor
PO Box 200801
State Capitol
Helena MT 59620-0801 |
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