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Save Yellowstone's Bison: Stop the Senseless Killing

Target: U.S. Department of the Interior
Sponsored by: Care2.com
Yellowstone National Park is home to America's last free-roaming buffalo herd, a reminder of the great American West. Yet these buffalo are needlessly killed when they leave the borders of the park by state officials who fear the animals will spread brucellosis to cattle, even though there has never been a single case of a buffalo in the wild spreading the disease to cattle. More than 3,000 of these buffalo have been killed in the past 15 years.

Even worse, our government is spending taxpayer money to kill bison that migrate out of Yellowstone to the Horse Butte Peninsula - in the name of protecting cattle – even though there are no longer any cattle grazing on the peninsula.

Local landowners and conservation groups are urging the federal government to stop killing bison immediately on the Horse Butte Peninsula and to undertake a new environmental impact study to update the current bison management plan. Please urge the Department of the Interior to stop the slaughter of Yellowstone's bison now!
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000
 
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I am writing to express my opposition to the trapping and killing of bison on Horse Butte Peninsula. This killing is senseless and a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Cattle no longer graze on the peninsula – the last remaining cattle grazing ranch was recently purchased, and the new owners have removed the remaining cattle and declared the land open to Yellowstone bison. Continuing to trap and kill bison under the guise of protecting cattle from brucellosis is wasteful and wrong.

I urge you to stop the killing of Yellowstone's bison on the Horse Butte Peninsula until an environmental impact study is completed to assess necessary changes to the Interagency Bison Management Plan now that there are no longer cattle grazing in this area and the local landowners support grazing bison on their land.

Sincerely,
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We signed the “Save Yellowstone's Bison: Stop the Senseless Killing” petition!
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10:14 am PDT, Apr 12, Rui Martins, Canada
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5:48 pm PDT, Apr 11, Shanan Cummings, Florida
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12:41 pm PDT, Apr 11, Bill McGlone, Connecticut
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12:13 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jon Widney, Arizona
This is an insane program to kill this mighty animals.Stop now!
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11:39 am PDT, Apr 11, Nicky Geens, Belgium
if you care about the planet you should care about the wildlife
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10:06 am PDT, Apr 11, Julia Thollaug, California
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5:17 am PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, Texas
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9:48 pm PDT, Apr 10, Christian Lindberg, Sweden
Respect all animals!
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8:08 pm PDT, Apr 10, Kerry Helfner, Indiana
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5:15 pm PDT, Apr 10, Lisa Macklin, Virginia
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2:07 pm PDT, Apr 10, Andrew Ting, Malaysia
To Compassion and Wisdom! May all have happiness and its causes!
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10:26 am PDT, Apr 10, Jill Williams, United Kingdom
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9:04 am PDT, Apr 10, Christine Hairel, Virginia
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6:40 am PDT, Apr 10, Annette V, Illinois
LET THERE BE LIFE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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4:46 am PDT, Apr 10, Kim Harris, Oregon
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4:33 am PDT, Apr 10, Anne Marie Voepel, Missouri
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2:00 am PDT, Apr 10, Susan Navidad, Arkansas
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6:37 pm PDT, Apr 9, Marie Aldred, Canada
What is wrong with this world the animals where there long before we where,we should be caring for them and keeping them safe not killing them ,what a set of morons.
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2:20 pm PDT, Apr 9, Raychel Coleman, Texas
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11:05 am PDT, Apr 8, Jordan Brugman, Kansas
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7:48 am PDT, Apr 8, Kathleen Hartman, Washington
Americans killed millions upon millions of these animals at the end of the 19th century, and they deserve the highest level of protection now. The recent bison slaughter is based on specious reasoning and is absolutely inexcusable. I'm completely disgusted that this could happen. Stop this now.
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7:18 am PDT, Apr 8, Barbara Bunton, Texas
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7:39 pm PDT, Apr 7, Joseph Koster, New Hampshire
Do you understand the concept of biodiversity? Do you understand that you are a steward of our nation's resources, not a mindless tool of corporate agribusiness? Please start doing your job for all Americans, not just the bidding of wealthy people who contributed to W.'s campaigns. Thank you.
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