A new federal bill has been introduced to stop the cruel hazing and slaughter of buffalo near Yellowstone National Park. H.R. 3446, the "Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act,"was introduced by U.S. Representatives Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Charles Bass (R-NH) in response to the public outrage over the National Park Service cruel policy of chasing down and slaughtering any Yellowstone buffalo who stray outside of the park's boundaries.
The impetus for this inhumane policy is the hysteria of Montana's livestock industry over the extremely unlikely possibility that bison may transmit the disease brucellosis to nearby grazing cattle herds. The NPS' lethal policy is not only cruel but unreasonable, as there has never been a single documented case of brucellosis transmission from wild bison to cattle. Recent reports indicate that the many buffalo are already being hazed and may be captured and sent to slaughter in the coming days.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Contact your U.S. Representative and ask that s/he cosponsor H.R. 3446, the Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act. All Congresspersons can be reached through the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, and you can look up their names at www.Congress.org . You can also send an electronic letter through the Fund for Animals' action center at: http://action.fund.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=5097.
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