Posted on 11/19/2015 2:00:26 PM PST by Daffynition
BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone National Park proposes to kill roughly 1,000 wild bison this winter — mostly calves and females — as officials seek to reduce the animals' annual migration into Montana.
Park officials are scheduled to meet Thursday with representatives of American Indian tribes, the state and other federal agencies to decide on the plan.
It marks the continuation of a controversial agreement reached in 2000 between Montana and the federal government that was meant to prevent the spread of the disease brucellosis from bison to livestock.
Almost 5,000 bison roamed the park this summer. A harsh winter could drive thousands into areas of southwestern Montana.
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Mmmmmm... Buffalo burgers for everyone.
Maybe they should let global warming thin the herd.
...yep, and bison chili, bison spaghetti, etc.....high protein, low fat, very good food source.
SW Montana to have a warmer and dryer Winter than “normal”.
I’m thinking let indigenous tribes take them out
with stone tipped spears.
If it is to stop buffalo from moving into private land, fine. But if it is to protect ranchers who buy a 10 acre spread and simply have grazing leases on BLM and forest land, they should have to deal with whatever wildlife is there.
OOOOOr they could charge hunters to do it. Use the money for wildlife.
wait a sec that makes sense. Too many greenie heads will go pop.
BTTT.
Have to feed all those Syrian refugees ..... Diseased meat! YUM!
Uh oh. When the chips are down
the buffalo is empty.
That guy charge through barb wire? What’s wrong with it?
There’s no such thing as public lands, just land that the state is currently occupying illegitimately, JMO.
I thought the re-introduced wolves were supposed to do this job.
That’s a bunch of bull!
Bear! Bear! Why are you eating that bison.? Stop bear!!!
I was thinking Bison jerky.
Buffalo have a very wide range in North America. And much of this range is federal land taken from the states. However, this also means that the buffalo could be spread out in isolated herds without endangering cattle. Importantly, some of these herds could be privatized for commercial meat production.
In 1989, when Ted Turner bought the 113,000-acre Flying D Ranch, he sold off all of the cattle. Shortly thereafter, he repopulated the land with the great American bison. Since then, his herd (spread across ranches in seven different states) has grown to 55,000, 11 percent of the world’s population of 500,000.
No reason other ranchers couldn’t raise herds, as long as they kept them segregated from cattle.
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