(For more information on Brucellosis, please see:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brucellosis_g.htm#whatis )
Please read the following appeal from Larry Kibby and try to
“SAVE the BUFFALO of YELLOWSTONE”.
Thursday on C Span I had the opportunity to view the debate on the Yellowstone Buffalo. Thank goodness there were no children around at the time, because from what I heard and listened to from the Republicans was more than I could stomach and my language was not very decent about it.
Basically, if the House Republican's had their way, they would hurry up and Slaughter every Buffalo in Yellowstone and what would that accomplish? Nothing.
Another carrier of the Brucellosis disease is the Elk that also roam Yellowstone and various other area's, but do you think that the Republican's would consider Slaughtering Elk Herds in great number's? Not in your life because the “Great American Hunter” would protest ever so loudly and the Republican's would be defeated.
Where did Brucellosis disease come from? This bacterial disease came to the Traditional Homeland of the American Indian and the Buffalo with European Cattle.
Now the fact of this issue is, the disease has never been transmitted from wild buffalo to any visitor to Yellowstone or to domestic livestock and the disease is considered to be a very low risk to humans and livestock, but the Republican's would have you believe that Burcellosis is more deadly to Cattle than the Mad Cow disease and would like you to support them in their endeavor to have a huge population of Yellowstone Buffalo Slaughtered.
Please, don't follow the Republican's down this path. Wolves, Coyote's, Buffalo's and other wildlife except for the Deer and Elk, the Republican's would wipe off the face of this planet if they could. The Buffalo in Yellowstone need your aid and assistance, please, even if it means using the following letter, contact your Federal Representative and demand that they "SAVE the BUFFALO of YELLOWSTONE".
To Contact your Representative:
U.S. House
202-224-3121
http://www.house.gov/
(SAMPLE LETTER)
Subject:
Please vote YES on the Hinchey Amendment to the Interior Appropriations Bill to save the Yellowstone bison
To:
June 4, 2004
Dear Sir:
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to consider this year’s Interior Appropriations Bill for spending at the Department of Interior for Fiscal Year 2005, I implore you to support Rep. Maurice Hinchey's(D-NY) amendment that will prohibit the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service from using taxpayer dollars to kill Yellowstone bison on federal public land.
The killing of Park bison has been ongoing for a number of years at the behest of the Montana Department of Livestock, which claims the bison threaten to infect grazing cattle with brucellosis. Not only is the killing cruel, it is also a shameful and senseless waste of taxpayer money; there has never been a documented case of brucellosis spreading from wild bison to cattle. Last year, a similar amendment to the Interior Appropriations Bill had massive public support and was just narrowly defeated by a few votes. This spring, federal and state agents once again went on a killing spree and sent over 270 bison to slaughter for stepping over the invisible park boundary. Let’s make this the year to save the Yellowstone bison.
America's bison population was nearly destroyed during the last century--purely for commercial reasons. Only in recent decades have these majestic and harmless animals begun to recover. Their population increase has occurred due to broad public support. The wasteful, senseless killing of bison on Montana's public lands threatens the bison's recovery and the entire ecosystem of the Yellowstone National Park region.
Your support of the Hinchey Amendment will give the bison a chance to continue their recovery, will end the use of public money for their slaughter, and will ensure your constituents of your humanity and your concern for our nation's wildlife.
Sincerely,
Your name
Please, SAVE the BUFFALO of YELLOWSTONE.
Larry Kibby - lkibby1@citlink.net
Wiyot Indian of California
Elko Indian Colony, Nevada - 89801-2577
Please also see:
U.S.: 'Buffalo Bill'; Slaughter of Sacred Animal May Be Stopped - Please Act Now ! http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1739&blz=1
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brucellosis_g.htm#whatis )
Please read the following appeal from Larry Kibby and try to
“SAVE the BUFFALO of YELLOWSTONE”.
Thursday on C Span I had the opportunity to view the debate on the Yellowstone Buffalo. Thank goodness there were no children around at the time, because from what I heard and listened to from the Republicans was more than I could stomach and my language was not very decent about it.
Basically, if the House Republican's had their way, they would hurry up and Slaughter every Buffalo in Yellowstone and what would that accomplish? Nothing.
Another carrier of the Brucellosis disease is the Elk that also roam Yellowstone and various other area's, but do you think that the Republican's would consider Slaughtering Elk Herds in great number's? Not in your life because the “Great American Hunter” would protest ever so loudly and the Republican's would be defeated.
Where did Brucellosis disease come from? This bacterial disease came to the Traditional Homeland of the American Indian and the Buffalo with European Cattle.
Now the fact of this issue is, the disease has never been transmitted from wild buffalo to any visitor to Yellowstone or to domestic livestock and the disease is considered to be a very low risk to humans and livestock, but the Republican's would have you believe that Burcellosis is more deadly to Cattle than the Mad Cow disease and would like you to support them in their endeavor to have a huge population of Yellowstone Buffalo Slaughtered.
Please, don't follow the Republican's down this path. Wolves, Coyote's, Buffalo's and other wildlife except for the Deer and Elk, the Republican's would wipe off the face of this planet if they could. The Buffalo in Yellowstone need your aid and assistance, please, even if it means using the following letter, contact your Federal Representative and demand that they "SAVE the BUFFALO of YELLOWSTONE".
To Contact your Representative:
U.S. House
202-224-3121
http://www.house.gov/
(SAMPLE LETTER)
Subject:
Please vote YES on the Hinchey Amendment to the Interior Appropriations Bill to save the Yellowstone bison
To:
June 4, 2004
Dear Sir:
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to consider this year’s Interior Appropriations Bill for spending at the Department of Interior for Fiscal Year 2005, I implore you to support Rep. Maurice Hinchey's(D-NY) amendment that will prohibit the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service from using taxpayer dollars to kill Yellowstone bison on federal public land.
The killing of Park bison has been ongoing for a number of years at the behest of the Montana Department of Livestock, which claims the bison threaten to infect grazing cattle with brucellosis. Not only is the killing cruel, it is also a shameful and senseless waste of taxpayer money; there has never been a documented case of brucellosis spreading from wild bison to cattle. Last year, a similar amendment to the Interior Appropriations Bill had massive public support and was just narrowly defeated by a few votes. This spring, federal and state agents once again went on a killing spree and sent over 270 bison to slaughter for stepping over the invisible park boundary. Let’s make this the year to save the Yellowstone bison.
America's bison population was nearly destroyed during the last century--purely for commercial reasons. Only in recent decades have these majestic and harmless animals begun to recover. Their population increase has occurred due to broad public support. The wasteful, senseless killing of bison on Montana's public lands threatens the bison's recovery and the entire ecosystem of the Yellowstone National Park region.
Your support of the Hinchey Amendment will give the bison a chance to continue their recovery, will end the use of public money for their slaughter, and will ensure your constituents of your humanity and your concern for our nation's wildlife.
Sincerely,
Your name
Please, SAVE the BUFFALO of YELLOWSTONE.
Larry Kibby - lkibby1@citlink.net
Wiyot Indian of California
Elko Indian Colony, Nevada - 89801-2577
Please also see:
U.S.: 'Buffalo Bill'; Slaughter of Sacred Animal May Be Stopped - Please Act Now ! http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1739&blz=1