| Yellowstone Bison Slaughter
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| Demonstration
against State contracting with poacher;
Department Livestock; Helena; MT
October 28, 1999
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT:
Angela Goodhope Environmental Action Community
(406) 829-0822 (home) (406) 829-9179 (work)
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Students,activists
and concerned citizens will assemble in front of the Department
of Livestock Headquarters in Helena, Montana, to protest
the state's lease of land from Dale Koelzer, a known poacher
(See 10/01/99 Press Release).
Koelzer owns the land that the DOL maintains a capture
and testing facility for the Wild Yellowstone Buffalo
that roam out of Yellowstone National Park in the winter
to feed. Department of Livestock employees also lease
lodging from him in his house. Koelzer
recently was caught poaching a male buffalo after Buffalo
Field Campaign activists walked upon the carcass while
hiking in the Park; Koelzer's property lies on the west
border of the park. Koelzer's
poaching the buffalo is a crime, which he must be punished
for. The Department of Livestock contracting with him
is unacceptable. Our tax dollars should not be given to
such a person and should not be used for the slaughter
of the last, wild, roaming herd of buffalo, said Allison
Lovejoy, a Buffalo Field Campaign volunteer. Protesters
will stage a mock buffalo capture and citizens will speak
about the issue. A large banner reading No State Contracts
with Criminals will also be present and a petition will
be pesented to Marc Bridges, ringleader of the Department
ofLivestock. The
assembly will begin at 1:30 p.m., on Friday, October 29,
1999.
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