Wahbooz
Governor
After years of letters written, and protests, the Bison are getting new homes, rather than slaughtered. I hope this stops the Bison kills altogether, but I won't hold my breath.
Yellowstone's bison are highly-prized for their pure genes. Yet thousands have been killed under a government-sponsored program meant to protect livestock outside the park from the disease brucellosis, which many bison carry.(Poster, but there is no evidence that transmission between cattle and Bison takes place.)
The bison for the tribes were culled from Yellowstone's wild herds in 2005 and 2006 under an experimental program designed to start new populations elsewhere.
They are being shipped at night because they will be calmer and easier to move, said Tom Palmer with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The wildlife advocacy group Defenders of Wildlife is covering the shipping costs, Palmer said.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tribes-to-receive-yellowstone-bison-held-by-turner/ar-AA7Nsdp
Yellowstone's bison are highly-prized for their pure genes. Yet thousands have been killed under a government-sponsored program meant to protect livestock outside the park from the disease brucellosis, which many bison carry.(Poster, but there is no evidence that transmission between cattle and Bison takes place.)
The bison for the tribes were culled from Yellowstone's wild herds in 2005 and 2006 under an experimental program designed to start new populations elsewhere.
They are being shipped at night because they will be calmer and easier to move, said Tom Palmer with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The wildlife advocacy group Defenders of Wildlife is covering the shipping costs, Palmer said.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tribes-to-receive-yellowstone-bison-held-by-turner/ar-AA7Nsdp
