Dear Friends and Supporters of Wild Buffalo,

Yesterday, 69 residents of Horse Butte, Hebgen Lake, and West Yellowstone, Montana sent a letter to the people in charge of bison management requesting that wild bison be allowed to range on Horse Butte without being harassed, trapped and slaughtered by government agents.

Today, the Montana Department of Livestock trapped more than 30 wild bison wintering on Horse Butte in a pen permitted by the Gallatin National Forest, which recently announced that it is set to renew the livestock agency's permit to trap wild bison on public lands for the next 10 years.

To read the public notice click here: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin/?page=projects/horse_butte

Last week, another 30 wild bison were trapped on Horse Butte and subsequently transported to slaughter by agents of Montana's livestock industry.

Buffalo Field Campaign is asking you to take action today and support local Montanans who support having wild bison in their neighborhood on Horse Butte, a wildlife rich peninsula extending over 24,000 acres from the border of Yellowstone National Park to Hebgen Lake, just outside West Yellowstone, Montana.

Sign on to the Horse Butte bison habitat letter and circulate the link below to your network of friends and family and join a growing chorus of people working to protect habitat for wild buffalo:
http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/legal/horsebutte.html

The Galanis family recently purchased the lone cattle operation on Horse Butte and has ceased grazing cattle and declared their land a Yellowstone Ranch Preserve, a sanctuary for wild bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park.

There is no longer even a ghost of justification for persisting with invasive government actions to harass, trap and kill wild bison where cattle do not graze, and no more justification for spending taxpayer funds to haze, trap and slaughter bison on Horse Butte.

Local, neighborhood support for letting bison roam on Horse Butte is strong, but we need your help securing a future for wild bison in Yellowstone.

Buffalo Field Campaign works day in and day out 365 days a year to safeguard and advocate for America's last wild bison herd. We exist because of your support and contributions. Please make a donation today via the mail or on our secure server and encourage your family and friends to pitch in: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?id=1807

Thank you for taking action to protect America's last wild buffalo.
Michael S. Mease, Campaign Coordinator
Dan Brister, Project Director

Buffalo Field Campaign
PO Box 957
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 646-0070
bfc-media@wildrockies.org

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