This is about the war that is raging due to the actions of the Department of Livestock (DOL) of Montana with the "blessings" of Governor Marc Racicot.

I was sent a VHS tape to view the unbelievable slaughter of the buffalo that roam outside the safety of Yellowstone Park. Once this occurs, the DOL step in and the roundup begins. Of course they tell you its to "test" for brucellosis; a disease carried dormant within some of the buffalo. Of the (number) that have been mercilessly slaughtered only (number) had this disease.

In the movie I sat in watched in horror as a baby calf was herded into a steel box with an electric prod and the door slammed behind her. She was confused, twisting and falling to turn herself the way she was shoved into this trap. Right after she finally got turned and stood, accepting the cold steel walls around her, afraid as she was separated from her mother at such a young age, you saw the barrel of a gun being lowered into the trap right above her head. Suddenly the gun fired and the calf drops to its' knees, shaking, tucking her tail under her with pain, until she fell onto her side. She tried to raise her head but it was futile. At this point I thought she had died as the blood splattered from her little nose. It was not until later in the tape that I saw another clip of her jutting her legs out into the cold steel sides of the trap ... apparently, it took this little calf much longer to die.

I watched as DOL went onto property right at the back door of peoples property and began this senseless slaughter all over again with the buffalo herd. Some dropped, some twisted, but during the entire sick and perverted scene, cars were stopped along the roadway to allow this deed to be done.

All during this movie Montanans' were adamantly expressing their disgust of this action on the part of DOL and the politicians. Every one that was on the tape and it was many, were extremely irritated and upset that their feelings about this matter have been COMPLETELY IGNORED BY GOVERNOR RACICOT AND THE DOL. One man spoke of losing business due to lack of tourist wanting to be in a state that practices such horrid and irresponsible actions.

Others shared their pain at being forced to watch this insane slaughter occur right outside their doors. I will tell you I saw things in this tape that one could not believe would be permitted to occur in this United States. And do you know who we have to thank for this.......GOVERNOR MARC RACICOT. He refuses to meet middle ground with federal agencies even at the insistence of the courts. Yet, he sat and blatantly lied to the public on national television that "a solution was soon at hand".

PLEASE, just for yourself if you believe the words of a man/person that has told so many lies now that as time drags on, one comes to realize, they are in fact, lies.

Please read the "facts" of the Montana accusations on the Buffalo Field Campaigns site. These volunteers have uprooted themselves from their homes and families and have fled to the rescue of these buffalo. What are they doing? Are they crazy? Are they radical activists? Ladies and Gentlemen, they are humans just like you and I that have a love and respect of wildlife that our own politicians could learn a lesson from. These volunteers sit out in the cold for 16 hour turns and when the DOL come to do their dirty sneaky deeds, the volunteers hustle to band together to haze the wandering buffalo back into the safety of Yellowstone Park. These herds are doing what comes natural during the winter months. In snow up to their thighs, they ponder along seeking out the littlest spot of grass/nourishment for themselves and their calves. On occasion a farmers fence may be damaged as the size of the buffalo poses no problem for traveling over or under whatever is in the way. However, they harm no one.

The FACT is, they cannot transmit this disease unless the bulls were to "court the lady cows" which has NEVER happened. The elk themselves carry the same disease...so what does that tell you? Yet the hunters raise hell when the elk count falls or the moose because then there is not enough prey to go out and KILL. As I watched the men in the DOL group from Montana, state of the great Governor Racicot, they were actually laughing and joking as they were shooting, sawing and chopping off the heads of the buffalo (which they keep) and stripping the hides from their bodies right out in the open. Much of the inner parts are left on the land. It does not take a rocket scientist to wonder "if this disease is so dreaded, why is DOL leaving the guts of the buffalo along their path of slaughter??? When Governor Racicot was confronted with this question, he did his normal "tap dance" around his answers as he had NO RIGHT ANSWER.

I will list below the proper links to the Buffalo Campaign and the groups in the field. There, they can provide you with the most up-to-date information and links for who to contact and the actual testimony of the atrocities that have happened to them at the hands of the Montana DOL, (JUST LAST WEEK ONE YOUNG LADY WAS ASSAULTED BY A DOL MEMBER ON A SNOWMOBILE) of course with the blessings of Governor Marc Racicot.

One last thing is that the volunteers in Montana s Yellowstone Park have a "wish list" for staples to keep them going during this full time, no paying but very rewarding job. That too is listed in their site. They have essentially given up life as we know it to protect a creature that once roamed the earth in herds by the thousands --- and now number less than 3000. Do you wish to see this majestic creature go up in smoke as it did many years ago? I don't. This is part and parcel of Yellowstones' legacy to the world, for our children to enjoy one day. DOL AND MARC RACICOT HAVE NO RIGHT TO STRIP WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF OUR RIGHTFUL HERITAGE OF NATURE AND ITS' INHABITANTS.

Please also read what has been done to the Native Americans of Montana which is part and parcel of this abuse by DOL and the State Politicians.

A Gift for you to take and thank you for visiting

Before you leave to visit the Buffalo Camps, please permit me the pleasure to say "thank you" for taking of your time to read this information; Please visit the Buffalo Field Campaign site and write to the people they list and your area congress and legislators, (a word of "thanks" to the volunteers would be just wonderful also) - and last I would like to add one personal note to Governor Racicot:

You are a poor excuse for a Governor - even the people in your own State are sick of begging you to hear their pleadings on this matter which you have thus far totally ignored; you should have never been put in office and I pray to God once you are out, you stay out. I'm sure you'll be left with few friends --- unless they are those you get from hanging on the coat tail of George Bush hoping to be put in Bruce Babbitt's place. May God have mercy on our country if that occurs.

Now I've said my piece. Below are the necessary links. PLEASE, FOR THE BUFFALO OF YELLOWSTONE AND TO LEAVE A HERITAGE OF THIS MAJESTIC CREATURE FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO ENJOY ONE DAY, PLEASE DO NOT JUST WALK AWAY AND THINK "OH MY ONE LETTER WILL NOT HELP" IT WILL, THEY NEED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US THAT CAN TAKE JUST 15 MINUTES TO WRITE A FEW LETTERS AND VOICE YOUR FEELINGS ON THIS INHUMAN ACT THAT IS HAPPENING AS YOU VIEW THIS SITE....Thank you.

Buffalo Field Campaign
(formerly Buffalo Nations)
PO Box 957
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
406-646-0070 phone
406-646-0071 fax
buffalo@wildrockies.org
www.wildrockies.org/buffalo/
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