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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: 4-4-2009
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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1:03 pm PDT, Apr 4, Anja MM, Germany

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11:16 am PDT, Apr 4, Hans Deutsch, California

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8:10 pm PDT, Apr 2, Barbara Gruber, Canada
It's not nice to fool with mother nature. Don't upset the natural law and order of the ecological system that currently exists in Yellowstone park. Let nature take care of nature. Man has a hard enough time taking care of himself.

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4:20 pm PDT, Mar 31, Bev Girard, Connecticut

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9:01 am PDT, Mar 31, Lourdes S�nchez, Spain

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3:49 pm PDT, Mar 30, Christina Lander, Connecticut

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3:23 pm PDT, Mar 28, Celia Vera-Cruz, Oregon

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8:57 pm PDT, Mar 27, Michael Griffin, Tennessee

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8:53 pm PDT, Mar 27, Dalit Rabinovitch, Israel

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2:18 pm PDT, Mar 27, Alexander Haulman, California

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8:53 am PDT, Mar 27, David Raza, South Africa

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9:39 pm PDT, Mar 26, Name not displayed, Ohio

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2:15 pm PDT, Mar 26, Margaret Sweeny, United Kingdom

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5:23 am PDT, Mar 26, Jim Pawlak, Illinois

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3:38 am PDT, Mar 26, Dieneke Posthuma, Netherlands

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6:37 pm PDT, Mar 25, Sarah Johnson, United Kingdom

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4:55 pm PDT, Mar 25, Gabriella Gil, Venezuela

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3:24 pm PDT, Mar 25, Carlin Dixon, Canada

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6:38 am PDT, Mar 25, Sarah Baker, Illinois
These animals are iconic and beautiful. Please protect them that future generations may enjoy them.

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7:38 pm PDT, Mar 24, Jessica O'Sullivan, Canada
Reguarding tourism, Bison would be an attraction to the Yellowstone National Park. It would be irresponsible to slaughter Bison. I have not personally been to the Yellowstone National park but as a potential customer seeing bison would attract me to this park.

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2:43 pm PDT, Mar 24, Branden Hoff, Nevada

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12:45 pm PDT, Mar 24, Sabrina Baribeau, Canada

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12:28 pm PDT, Mar 24, Name not displayed, New York

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12:06 pm PDT, Mar 24, Carina Eriksson, Sweden

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11:21 am PDT, Mar 24, Andrew Strauss, Oregon

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8:00 pm PDT, Mar 23, Maryann Smale, Maine

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6:59 pm PDT, Mar 23, Elizabeth Lockley, Rhode Island

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6:12 pm PDT, Mar 23, Miriam Segura-Totten, New Jersey

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6:05 pm PDT, Mar 23, Stacey Rakic Larson, Colorado
I implore upon you to cease the slaughter of Montana's bison. We cannot condone this type of activity, and, indeed, must implement alternative, humane solutions, such as established populations, as indicated. If we continue such brutal slaughter, we will negatively impact this animal.

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6:03 pm PDT, Mar 23, Sandra Patten, Canada

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5:58 pm PDT, Mar 23, Donald Patten, Canada

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5:48 pm PDT, Mar 23, Jennifer Renstrom, Illinois

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5:33 pm PDT, Mar 23, Ann Cawley, Missouri

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3:13 pm PDT, Mar 23, K Milam, Texas

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1:53 pm PDT, Mar 23, Joanna Karatsaneva, Bulgaria

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1:04 pm PDT, Mar 23, Kirsten Gilroy, United Kingdom
Yellowstone has never been the same since man started "managing "it. As always man has completely put nature out of balance & the Planet will suffer as a consequence. Stop this needless slaughter now!!!

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11:31 am PDT, Mar 23, Sonia Trimboli, Italy

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11:11 am PDT, Mar 23, Menna Awad, Egypt

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11:03 am PDT, Mar 23, Melissa Conrad, Utah

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3:04 pm PDT, Mar 19, Milan Rokanovic, Serbia And Montenegro

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1:28 pm PDT, Mar 19, Leah Lefler, Virginia

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6:47 am PDT, Mar 19, Leesa Koeller, Florida

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9:57 pm PDT, Mar 17, Dave Schnitzler, Rhode Island

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11:49 am PDT, Mar 17, Luis Cardona, New Jersey

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8:00 pm PDT, Mar 16, Deborah Black, Illinois

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12:17 am PDT, Mar 16, Bella Fitzpatrick, New York

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5:51 pm PDT, Mar 15, EL LE, Pennsylvania
Bison deserve so much respect. We carelessly slaughter millions upon millions. I think we owe them our support and help

# 6,054:

8:25 pm PDT, Mar 12, Larry Troiano, Rhode Island

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2:09 pm PDT, Mar 10, Gary Sumpter, Missouri

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8:22 am PDT, Mar 9, Mary Brooks, Kentucky

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5:42 pm PDT, Mar 8, Theresa Dyer, California

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