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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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8:40 am PDT, Apr 20, Vercknocke Pascal, France
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8:22 am PDT, Apr 20, Annie PEYSSON, France
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7:30 am PDT, Apr 20, Judy Turner, North Carolina
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5:00 am PDT, Apr 20, Eileen Anderson, Ohio
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4:53 am PDT, Apr 20, E GOBBE, Belgium
It's just inhuman
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2:09 am PDT, Apr 20, Nadine Vool, Belgium
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8:38 pm PDT, Apr 19, Anne Romanow, Illinois
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7:06 pm PDT, Apr 19, Heather Gregory, North Carolina
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4:19 am PDT, Apr 19, Nicole Verbist, Belgium
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3:37 am PDT, Apr 19, Krishnasami Vasumathi, India
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2:34 am PDT, Apr 19, Amal EL BEKRI, Morocco
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12:19 am PDT, Apr 19, Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania
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8:48 pm PDT, Apr 18, Steven Heaver, New Jersey
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6:21 pm PDT, Apr 18, Elizabeth Hale, Arizona
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3:50 pm PDT, Apr 18, Odile HECKMANN, France
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3:49 pm PDT, Apr 18, Carole BELLEUDY, France
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1:51 pm PDT, Apr 18, Susie Holman, United Kingdom
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9:24 am PDT, Apr 18, Sophia Papadohatzaki, Greece
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6:53 am PDT, Apr 18, Marta Wojcikowska, Poland
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6:12 am PDT, Apr 18, Adam V Paul, Romania
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2:27 am PDT, Apr 18, Leanne Evans, Nebraska
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11:19 pm PDT, Apr 17, Sarah Galmarini, Ohio
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11:01 pm PDT, Apr 17, Neel Patel, California
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10:01 pm PDT, Apr 17, Joanne McInerney, Illinois
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5:48 pm PDT, Apr 17, Charlene McCann, New York
There are better ways to manage the Bison. The "Shoot Now, Ask Questions Later" is not reasonable.
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1:03 pm PDT, Apr 16, Crystal Morrison, Florida
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12:29 pm PDT, Apr 16, Madison Small, Oklahoma
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10:35 am PDT, Apr 16, Anze Mihelic, Slovenia
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8:50 am PDT, Apr 16, Preston Baliga, Ohio
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8:01 am PDT, Apr 16, Bill Mc Daniel, California
This is insane. Please stop!!!!!
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7:55 am PDT, Apr 16, Nancy Mc Daniel, California
Please stop the slaughter and find a better way to manage the bison. Please stop before it's too late!!
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10:29 pm PDT, Apr 15, JON TUCKER, Maryland
DEAR POLITICIANS & DEPT of INTERIOR TYPES: READ AND UNDERSTAND that these are your CONCERNED CITIZENS who have taken a postion on this issue and WILL NOT FORGET THIS ISSUE WHEN IT IS TIME TO VOTE. AMERICA: The BALD EAGLE AND The BISON...
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8:27 pm PDT, Apr 15, Megan Grant, Illinois
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7:12 pm PDT, Apr 15, Michelle Frasier, California
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8:13 am PDT, Apr 15, Diana Lungu, Romania
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7:48 pm PDT, Apr 14, Michele McGuire, Indiana
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3:33 pm PDT, Apr 14, Zack Newman, Colorado
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12:21 am PDT, Apr 14, Merry Loscalzo-Stumpf, Iowa
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9:55 pm PDT, Apr 13, Esteban Rocha, Colombia
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6:09 pm PDT, Apr 13, Kristin Perdue, Virginia
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5:00 pm PDT, Apr 13, Name not displayed, California
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8:27 pm PDT, Apr 12, LORI CROMWELL, Missouri
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11:37 am PDT, Apr 12, Suzanne Stephanik, California
We had some breathtaking experiences with these beautiful animals. It is cruel not to respect them and their habitat. There must be a humane alternative to killing them. Please find it and institute it. Thank you.
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