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BUFFALO So far 16 buffalo have been chased by snowmobiles and helicopters and cars, herded into pens and then killed- mostly by the MT Dept. of Livestock along with help from the NPS, USFS, and local sheriff. All because the local cattle and sheep grazing ranchers don't want buffalo leaving the park and eating some of the grass that the ranchers want for their cows and sheep- even though in many cases the buffalo are just on forest service land or other public land that the rancher may lease in the summer. The dominant, older males are being chased and killed. Source Subscribe: stop-the-slaughter-on@vortex.wildrockies.org Send news submissions or problems to: stop-the-slaughter@wildrockies.org |
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PREDATORS The US animal damage control/wildlife services within the USDA slaughtered 96,000 predators in 1999: 601 badgers, 349 black bears, 2,435 bobcats, 85,938 coyotes, 6,182 foxes, 359 mountain lions and 173 gray wolves. Hundreds of thousands of other species, such as beavers, otters, prairie dogs, and birds among them, are killed each year. Cyanide traps are used, and often harm pets, people and non-target species. They are killed just to benefit a few wealthy ranchers. (Forest Voice Winter 2002, p.11 |
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END GRAZING ON PUBLIC LANDS It destroys wildlife habitat and pollutes water quality. Over 70% of western native species depend on riparian habitat, yet these are trampled and munched into dry arroyos by cattle and sheep. Arid and riparian habitats are particularly sensitive to overgrazing. Less than 2% of US livestock products come from public lands. Banks make loans to wealthy ranchers based on the amount of public land they can overgraze. Many public land overgrazers are wealthy banks, individuals, and corporations, including the potato billionaire & a HP trust. Grazing fosters non native species, weeds, and destroys ecological diversity. If you want to save ecologies from real estate development, use conservation easements and tax breaks, not livestock ranches. Forest Guardians, Fall, 2000 www.fguardians.org |
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