Category: bison
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Headlines
Don't you just love headlines that scream out things that aren't true?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=9162">Open Season on America's last Wild Bison </a><br />n<br />nMontana issues 44 tags for Bison that wander out of Yellowstone National Park which has around 4000 head of Bison, and people want to call that open season. A little overboard, isn't…
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Near Record Numbers
I see that the Bison in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/16/news/state/18-rebound.txt">near record numbers</a> at almost 4700 head. Here we have all these Bison running around the park and nowhere do we hear talk about too many bison and over grazing the park. Nowhere do we hear that the Park needs to bring in…
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Thoughts On Brucellosis
I had some thoughts and questions about the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2634-Seven-Montana-Cows-from-One-Herd-Have-Tested-Positive-for-Brucellosis.html">recent Brucellosis issue</a> in Montana.<br />n<br />nI was really wondering if the seven cows that tested positive were vaccinated for brucellosis? This was the case in Wyoming when they originally discovered cattle near the park had Brucellosis. It was in all ready vaccinated cattle. Yesterday evening…
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More Information
Updating the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2634-Seven-Montana-Cows-from-One-Herd-Have-Tested-Positive-for-Brucellosis.html">brucellosis story</a>, comes <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/19/news/state/20-brucellosis.txt">this story</a> which has some very interesting facts.<br />n<br />nThe cattle testing positive came originally from a herd near Emigrant which is located in Paradise Valley, South of Livingston. Paradise valley is a natural corridor for animals coming north out of Yellowstone Park.<br />n<br />nThe Governor Assures us…
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Bison And Brucellosis
<blockquote>"For Yellowstone bison to be involved in the big picture of bison conservation, they've got to be brucellosis-free," said Tom Roffe, a wildlife veterinarian and biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. And that's why the animals here are being corralled and handled, poked and prodded.<br />n<br />nRoffe has been pushing his agency for…
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Taking A Stand
<a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/121106-animal.htm" >Animal Health Committee Asks <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> to Maintain Brucellosis Surveillance Program</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Upon referral of a resolution from its Animal Health Committee – chaired by Missouri veterinarian Max Thornsberry – the R-CALF USA Board of Directors has adopted interim policy…
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Lost in Translation
I found an <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5130714.stm?ls">interesting article</a> out of Britain that seems to have lost something in translation.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The emptiness (of Montana) is populated by bison, buffalo and horses that seem to roam wild and look upon their human guests with gentle curiosity. </blockquote><br />n<br />nFirst off, I though bison and buffalo were the same…
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Bison Skull
<img width='200' height='259' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/mtq2.jpg' alt='' /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/30/news/state/35-state-quarter.txt">The bison skull design won</a>. I am glad for that, that is the one I liked. The bison skull has a long tradition as a symbol in Montana, starting with C.M. Russell, and I think it displays well on the coin. The supporters of buffalo roaming…
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More Opposition
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/19/news/state/43-bison-livestockgroup.txt">Livestock groups turn up opposition to Schweitzer's bison plans</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two of the state's largest livestock groups are turning up their opposition to <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s proposals regarding the management of bison that leave Yellowstone National Park each year.<br />n<br />nThe Montana Farm Bureau issued a new study that maintains the threat of…
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It Doesn’t Make Sense
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/10/news/state/30-bison.txt">Governor's bison ideas irk ranchers"</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>If Montana continues its current approach to bison that leave Yellowstone National Park, eventually Brucellosis will be transmitted to cattle, according to <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>.<br />n<br />n"I don't want to be the governor of Montana when we lose our Brucellosis-free status," Schweitzer said.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, Schweitzer doesn't…