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Save Last Wild Buffalo, Killing Underway KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST AS WRITTEN 2/21/08: Killing Underway - Save Last Wild Buffalo http://www.KinshipCircle.org EMAIL kinshipcircle FOR WORD DOC OF A FORMATTED LETTER. Easily modify letter and copy/paste it into an email or print out to fax or mail. =========================================================== FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Sample + email block letter

follow. =========================================================== MONTANA OFFICIALS Suzanne Lewis, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent PO Box 168; Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 ph: 307-344-2002, 307-344-2013, or 307-344-7381 email: yell_superintendent, suzanne_lewis Montana Department of Livestock Box 202001; Helena, MT 59620 ph: 1-406-444-0782 Christian Mackay, Executive Officer: cmackay Dr. Marty Zaluski, State Veterinarian: 406-444-0782, mzaluski Steve Merritt, Public Information Officer: 406-444-9431 Governor Brian D. Schweitzer Office of the Governor, Montana State Capitol Bldg. P.O. Box 200801; Helena MT 59620-0801 ph: 406-444-3111; fax: 406-444-5529 email: BrianSchweitzer, governor web mail: http://governor.mt.gov/contact/commentform.asp NATIONAL OFFICIALS Mary Bomar, Director, National Park Service 1849 C Street NW Room 3312; Washington, DC 20240 ph: 202-208-4621; fax: 202-208-7889 email: Mary_Bomar, Director_Bomar%NPS Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W.; Washington DC 20240 ph: 202-208-7351, 202-208-6843 web mail: http://www.doi.gov/contact.html National Park Service Advisory Board c/o Mr. Loran Fraser, Chief Office of Policy National Park Service 1849 C Street, NW, Room 7250; Washington, DC 20240 ph: 202-208-7468; email: loran_fraser MONTANA TOURISM OFFICES West Yellowstone Chamber of

Commerce PO Box 458; West Yellowstone, MT 59758 ph: 406-646-7701; email: wycc website: http://www.westyellowstonechamber.com/ Montana Promotion Division (Travel Montana) PO Box 200533; Helena MT 59620-0501 ph: 406-841-2870; fax: 406-841-2871 email: mt-webmaster, bbaumgart, vbjornberg website: http://travelmontana.state.mt.us/ =========================================================== EMAIL BLOCK: All emails found for this alert. =========================================================== yell_superintendent, suzanne_lewis, cmackay, mzaluski, BrianSchweitzer, Mary_Bomar, Director_Bomar%NPS, loran_fraser, wycc,

mt-webmaster, bbaumgart, vbjornberg Governor Brian D. Schweitzer, web mail: http://governor.mt.gov/contact/commentform.asp Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, web mail: http://www.doi.gov/contact.html *Kinship Circle cannot guarantee validity of email addresses. During campaigns, recipients may change or disable their emails. Emails from government or corporate websites may be incorrect. =========================================================== SAMPLE LETTER -- This letter is prepared to inform you about the issue. Try to shorten and personalize your letter before sending. =========================================================== Dear Montana State and

Federal Officials: Once again, a global spotlight shines on Yellowstone National Park and Montana state for their hostile approach to wildlife management. Though this year's slaughter of America's last free-roaming bison is already underway -- I ask you to stop the roundup now. The estimated 50 million buffalo who once ranged public lands have dwindled to fewer than 4,500 wild, genetically intact bison. And they all exist in Yellowstone National Park; elsewhere they are ecologically extinct. It is irresponsible to let Montana's Department of Livestock shape their fate. Yet the Park Service seems to easily bow to pressure from Montana's livestock trade. Since 2/8/08, the agency has overseen the capture and confinement of 169 buffalo at the Stephens Creek bison trap within Yellowstone borders. All are destined for slaughterhouses, even 17 young calves among them. I strongly urge federal and state

authorities to defend our national heritage and uphold a policy of lenience toward a species vital to the area's ecological integrity. The government's quarantine and massacre of our last migrating herd may appease state cattle interests wary of Brucellosis -- yet there are no documented cases of wild buffalo spreading this disease directly to cows. Elk, believed to spread brucellosis, are not systematically herded and killed. They roam freely, as the buffalo should. Millions of U.S. tax dollars fund the killing of buffalo whose natural migration leads them in or near the Church Universal & Triumphant property, where less than 250 cows graze. Bison are also excluded from Gallatin National Forest lands, even though Congress once qualified this region as winter habitat for animals whose forage becomes snow-covered inside Yellowstone. Buffalo, the only wildlife restricted to Yellowstone, are

killed for roaming into lower-elevation habitat in search of food. The Park Service's job is to safeguard wildlife. The livestock industry's job is to protect its animals, including vaccination of all cattle against brucellosis. Please do your jobs so I may once again support tourism in Montana. Thank you, =========================================================== SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS LETTER CAMPAIGN =========================================================== * Buffalo Field Campaign / West Yellowstone, MT BFC-Media * ADVOCATES HOLD WEEK OF ACTION AS BISON SLAUGHTER CONTINUES http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/press0708/pressreleases0708/021408.html * VIDEO: Yellowstone Bison in the Stephens Creek Capture Facility http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/videoaudio/Gardiner2004.mov * Speak Out! Contact Agencies & Politicians http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/actnow/politicians.html Compassion-Inspired Clothes http://www.kinshipcircle.org/store/ KINSHIP CIRCLE Action Campaigns I Literature I Animal Disaster Aid Networking info or kinshipcircle http://www.KinshipCircle.org * http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/ *************************************************************************************************** SUBSCRIBE: Kinship Circle

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