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Update from the Field
This week the real eco-terrorists were in town again,
donning their guns and badges, flexing their authoritative
muscle on all that is wild and free. The Montana Department
of Livestock (DOL), Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
(FWP), and the National Park Service (NPS) came out
to chase wild buffalo off of the buffalo's native landscape,
back into Yellowstone National Park. The DOL is still
in town, with possible plans to waste more of our tax
dollars in the morning by bullying wildlife and disrupting
the ecosystem.
This continuous onslaught will be compounded with Montana's
planned bison hunt, set to begin in less than three
weeks.
To be with the buffalo as they are under attack, BFC
will maintain two separate camps during the hunt - November
15 through February 15 - one in West Yellowstone and
one in Gardiner. In order to run two camps, we need
good, reliable equipment so we can share with the world
what a buffalo "hunt" really looks like, and
how Montana "welcomes" the last wild buffalo
as they enter the state.
Please help us be the eyes and ears of the world during
this hunt! For our presence in Gardiner we need a one-chip
digital video camera, mini-DV tapes, and digital still
cameras. You can also help by sending us a monetary
donation (however great or small), joining us on the
front lines and standing in defense of the buffalo,
and contacting local and national media outlets to bring
attention to Montana's big mistake called the bison
hunt.
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* Bison Hunt Looms - Contact Governor Schweitzer
Less than three weeks from now, gunners will be at Yellowstone
National Park's north and west boundary lines, waiting
to shoot down buffalo that dare cross into Montana.
Governor Brian Schweitzer, who campaigned for office
making statements like "wild buffalo will enjoy
more tolerance in Montana" and "the MDOL is
ill-equipped to manage wild buffalo" has not only
ok'd the hunt, but he put in for a permit himself. Schwitzer's
words are empty ones.
Montana affords wild buffalo zero tolerance. They are
not welcome in the state, they are not considered wildlife
by the state, and they are aggressively mis-managed
by the state's Department of Livestock when they migrate,
crossing the man-made line into Montana.
The "hunt" will be a fatal insult to the country's
last wild buffalo, one added to the already serious
injury of the current management scheme of hazing, capture,
and slaughter.
CONTACT GOVERNOR SCHWEITZER TODAY
and tell him to cancel this hunt before it begins. Tell
him that the country's last wild buffalo deserve to
be honored as a wildlife species in Montana. Tell him
that livestock agents should inspect livestock and leave
wildlife alone. Tell him that this hunt will be shown
to the world, and Montana will suffer another huge public
relations nightmare should it go forward. Tell him that
Montana's tourism industry depends heavily on dollars
from the so-called "outsiders" who want these
buffalo protected, and that those much-needed dollars
will not come from you while this buffalo harassment
and slaughter continues.
Tell him the whole world is watching.
Help stop the bison hunt. Call Governor Schweitzer today
and urge your friends to do so, too:
Phone: 406-444-3111
Fax: 406-444-5529
Web: http://governor.mt.gov/contact/comments.asp
Mail: State Capitol, P.O. Box 200801, Helena, MT 59620-0801
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* COLORADO: Benefit Dinner to Honor Last Wild
Buffalo
A benefit dinner hosted by the Gold Lake family will
help to empower the BFC to be on the frontlines defending
the buffalo and their habitat, and document every move
made against them.
Gold Lake Mountain Resort and Spa, located in beautiful
Ward, Colorado, invites you to join them on Wednesday,
November 2, 2005 at 6 pm for an evening of exquisite
locally grown and organic foods prepared by their talented
chefs. Buffalo Field Campaign video footage - 'Where
the Buffalo Roam' - will be shown, and guests will enjoy
live poetry and music. A silent auction featuring local
artists, therapists, and businesses will complete this
special event.
Buffalo Field Campaign encourages you to attend.
You can make reservations by calling Gold Lake Mountain
Resort & Spa, 303-459-3544.
ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO BUFFALO FIELD
CAMPAIGN!
For details please visit www.goldlake.com.
A huge THANK YOU to the Sanchez Family, Gold Lake Mountain
Resort, and everyone who attends this important and
special event for the buffalo!
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* East Coast Road Show
The East Coast Road Show is winding down. After some
exciting events last week at Boston College and the
Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, we arrived Tuesday
in Vermont for our last run of presentations.
Our first night here we hooked up with Vermont native
and BFC volunteer and coordinator, Asa. Nestled in a
rustic and cozy cabin built by his father in the beautiful
hills of Vermont, Asa has joined us for his home-state
presentations.
We asked Asa to share his experiences on this leg of
the road show and this is what he wrote:
We have done two events in Vermont so far, one at Vermont
Law school in South Royalton and one at the Langdon
St. Cafe in Montpelier. Tonight we'll finish up the
road show in Burlington.
It has been great to join Dan and Stephany for this
short leg of the tour, to see all the effort that they
have been putting into the Roadshow and to see how interested
some of the people we've been meeting are in finding
out about the buffalo and in trying to do what they
can to help. But in having been away from the buffalo
since the spring it was hard to see the same hazing
and capture footage I have seen so many times and to
hear the same facts that I have become so familiar with.
The people that hear about the hazing and slaughter
when we are tabling in Yellowstone or on the roadshow
so often ask the same questions. If all this is true,
brucellosis is not a threat to cattle for so many reasons,
why is the slaughter and hazing still going on? It is
these questions that I have a hard time answering and
explaining.
Why are there still people who seem set on destroying
even this last small herd when they have already killed
all the millions of buffalo and other wildlife, forests,
rivers and peoples that they have come across. There
is no reason for what's happening to the buffalo and
this is what is hard to comprehend after seeing day
after day what the buffalo endure. But the people and
Government agencies responsible don't seem to need a
reason, which is part of why this struggle goes on and
on, because what we're up against is totally insane,
irrational, and so powerful. Hopefully, with the issue
so clear-cut, the more people who know about the situation,
the more impact they will have and the sooner the buffalo
will gain the protection they disserve.
For the Buffalo,
Dan, Stephany, and Asa
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* Tasty Reminder: Organic Rewards for the Month's
Most Generous Donation
For years BFC volunteers have been nourished by the
delicious organic foods of Living Tree Community Foods
thanks to the generous donations of this amazing company.
Now Living Tree would like to spread that nourishment
to our supporters.
Whoever makes the largest donation of each month
will receive:
One Sweet n'Kind, Pumpkin Sesame Butter
One Heart n'Sol, Walnut Sesame Halvah
One Dream of Paradise,Chocolate Ecstasy
For more information on these tasty and healthy rewards:
http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update0506/offer.html
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* Last Words
"No intelligent excuse can be offered for the senseless
slaughter and awful waste of a valuable and harmless
animal purely for personal gain or to satisfy a bloodlust
to kill."
--Martin S. Garretson, The American Bison, 1938
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