NRDC Action Fund
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Dear kristine, Yellowstone’s wild, free-roaming buffalo herd is under siege. The Bush Administration is turning America’s greatest national park into a killing ground for hundreds of mighty bison — better known as American buffalo. We must speak out against this cold-blooded cruelty NOW — because every week, more of these noble creatures are being herded into cattle trucks to be slaughtered. This winter alone, more than 1,000 wild bison have been brutally killed by the National Park Service and the Montana Department of Livestock — or shipped to slaughterhouses. And come May, newborn calves are just as likely to be killed as their mothers. We cannot stand by and let this massacre continue: Send a protest message now. Right now, it’s still winter in Yellowstone, and these unsuspecting buffalo are following historic migratory routes in search of food at lower elevations where there is less snow. When the buffalo venture near or beyond the park’s boundary, they will continue to be rounded up and killed — unless we start a national outcry. What makes this sacrifice so senseless is that it’s all to protect 12 to 16 domestic cows and steers that graze near the park from the theoretical risk of a disease — brucellosis — that has never been transmitted from bison to cattle in a natural setting. Yes, you read those numbers right: 1,000 wild bison slaughtered to protect a little more than a dozen cows outside the park that have most likely been vaccinated against the disease, or easily could be. Please speak out and stop the slaughter. Yellowstone’s buffalo are a national treasure: America’s last, free-roaming herd. The National Park Service should be their guardian, not their executioner. Our goal this week is to create a virtual “stampede” of 50,000 protest messages that will convince the National Park Service to call a halt to the killing. Together, we must speak out to spare the lives of Yellowstone’s surviving buffalo so that they can again roam wild and free. Sincerely, |
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