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Stop Montana's Shameful Bison Slaughter!

Target: Montana Promotion Division
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

America's last free-roaming wild bison are a powerful reminder of the great American West. But they are being slaughtered on a scale not seen since the 1800s, and hundreds more are slated to be killed.

This year alone, more than 1,300 bison have been needlessly killed -- more than a quarter of the park's population. State and federal officials kill these majestic animals when they leave the borders of Yellowstone National Park for fear that 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.

This is no way to manage one of the icons of the American West... especially in a state that prides itself as a destination for wildlife-seeking tourists. Sign our petition to Montana's tourism officials -- and urge them to help save these American icons!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000

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Subject: Montana's Shameful Bison Slaughter

Please use your influence as Administrator of the Montana Promotion Division to help stop the shameful slaughter of Yellowstone National Park's bison.

Yellowstone National Park is home to one of America's last free-roaming bison herds and a powerful reminder of the great American West. Yet these majestic animals are needlessly killed when they leave the borders of the park by state and federal 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.

Montana touts itself as a haven for nature-based tourism, yet the practice of hazing, harassing and slaughtering hundreds of the last free-roaming wild bison in America tarnishes the state's reputation as a destination to enjoy the wilds of the west.

We signed the “Stop Montana's Shameful Bison Slaughter!” petition!

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6:39 am PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, California
Why?

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6:37 am PDT, Apr 11, Patrick Brennan, New York
There is no need to kill them.

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6:35 am PDT, Apr 11, Elena Pintilie, Canada

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6:34 am PDT, Apr 11, Cara Alligood, Texas

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6:32 am PDT, Apr 11, Belinda Pennett, New Hampshire

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6:29 am PDT, Apr 11, Clark Andelin, Illinois

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6:24 am PDT, Apr 11, Margaret L. Sterling, Virginia

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6:23 am PDT, Apr 11, Ambre Nulph, Arkansas

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6:23 am PDT, Apr 11, Mandy Tshibangu, Connecticut

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6:21 am PDT, Apr 11, Fred Lavy, Virginia

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6:21 am PDT, Apr 11, Kathy Curtiss, Minnesota

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6:21 am PDT, Apr 11, Debbie Low, Florida

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6:20 am PDT, Apr 11, Dee Carroll, Texas

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6:20 am PDT, Apr 11, Vicki Word, Texas

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6:20 am PDT, Apr 11, Tiffany Haverfield, New Hampshire

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6:20 am PDT, Apr 11, Joni Jones, South Carolina

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6:20 am PDT, Apr 11, Robin Wilson, Illinois

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6:19 am PDT, Apr 11, Claudine Gossett, California

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6:18 am PDT, Apr 11, Gary Pollack, Florida

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6:17 am PDT, Apr 11, Jill Lambert, Missouri

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6:17 am PDT, Apr 11, Mark Kleiber, Virginia

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6:16 am PDT, Apr 11, Allie Theiss, Ohio

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6:15 am PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, Indiana
Yellowstone is an American classic. Let's preserve it!

# 72:

6:15 am PDT, Apr 11, Kathryn Majicka, Texas

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6:14 am PDT, Apr 11, Pamela Mummery, New Jersey
It is outrageous that these majestic and endangered bison are being slaughtered simply because of some imagined danger to cattle.

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6:13 am PDT, Apr 11, Kathy Noll, Pennsylvania

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6:13 am PDT, Apr 11, Marilyn Sloet, Maine

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6:13 am PDT, Apr 11, Michael Periolat, New York

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6:11 am PDT, Apr 11, Kathy Birr, Florida

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6:11 am PDT, Apr 11, Amanda Lugo, Virginia

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6:11 am PDT, Apr 11, Beverly Dixon, Pennsylvania

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6:11 am PDT, Apr 11, Lara Marshall, North Carolina
Leave them alone!

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6:09 am PDT, Apr 11, Walter Mikulski, Mississippi

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6:09 am PDT, Apr 11, Janet Biersack, New Jersey

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6:09 am PDT, Apr 11, Laurie Denis, Massachusetts

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6:08 am PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

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6:06 am PDT, Apr 11, Amy Stoller, New York

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6:03 am PDT, Apr 11, Iris Heather Wilton, Florida
Please stop killing these creatures! They belong here, we should protect them!

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5:59 am PDT, Apr 11, Terri K. Baker, Texas

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5:39 am PDT, Apr 11, Name not displayed, Greece

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5:37 am PDT, Apr 11, Roger Braun, Minnesota

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5:25 am PDT, Apr 11, Peter Kruskopf, Finland

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5:19 am PDT, Apr 11, Donna Marshall, Georgia

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5:06 am PDT, Apr 11, Fred Fall, New Jersey

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4:55 am PDT, Apr 11, Alicia Smith, Illinois

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