FAQ- What is the Church Universal Triumphant?

The Royal Teton Ranch, owned by a religious cult the Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT), is located within North America's largest wildlife migration corridor directly adjacent to Yellowstone's northern boundary.

In 1998 U.S. taxpayers spent $13 million on conservation easements to allow wildlife, including wild bison, to access these lands. The government never finalized the deal.

"Hundreds of bison are being captured and slaughtered at Yellowstone's northern boundary exclusively because of the CUT's refusal to honor the intention of the land exchange to provide needed winter range habitat for migrating bison," stated BFC's Josh Osher.

The bison that inhabit the Yellowstone region are the last wild, genetically pure, unfenced bison left in the country. They are the only bison to have continuously occupied their native range and they are the last bison to follow their natural instinct to migrate. Like other wild ungulates, bison move to lower elevations outside the park in response to the region's harsh winters. Yet, unlike other wild ungulates, wild bison are not allowed to leave Yellowstone National Park and are subject to harassment, capture, slaughter and quarantine when they do. Bison are North America's largest land mammal.

Contact information for the Church Universal Triumphant
Phone (inside USA): 1-800-245-5445
Phone (outside USA): 1-406-848-9500
Fax (in US) 1-800-221-8307
Fax (out of US) 1-406-848-9555
P.O. Box 5000
Gardiner, Montana 59030-5000
Web: http://www.tsl.org/ContactUs.asp

See also
News Article 3/13/05- CUT under goes a change of perception
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Royal Teton Ranch - Devil's Slide
Land Conservation and Wildlife Habitat Agreement in Yellowstone Fact Sheet
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Devil's Slide Conservation Easement Fact Sheet