More Buffalo Shipped to Slaughter Leaving Stephens Creek Bison Trap Empty, Death Count Passes 400 When
they could have left them for Natural uses.
WILD BISON ESCAPE CAPTURE IN YELLOWSTONE
More Buffalo Shipped to Slaughter Leaving Stephens Creek Bison Trap Empty, Death Count Passes 400
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2015
Contact:
Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0071, bfc-media [at] wildrockies.org
Mike Mease, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0071, mease [at] wildrockies.org
[YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, GARDINER BASIN, MT] Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) patrols reported this morning that they witnessed three tribal stock trailers leaving Yellowstone’s Stephens Creek bison trap containing wild bison. Another stock trailer full of wild buffalo left the Stephens Creek trap Monday afternoon. In the past two days roughly fifty-five wild buffalo were taken from the trap to slaughter facilities by two tribal entities — the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the federally chartered InterTribal Buffalo Council — who are participants in the highly controversial Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP).“It’s awful to see such a wild and majestic animal get shipped off like cattle to a slaughter house,” said BFC volunteer Andy Jozwiak, who witnessed this morning’s events.
An estimated 250 wild bison have so far been captured inside Yellowstone’s trap since January 15. All have been shipped to slaughter, except for five bison who were consigned to the USDA-Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service for birth control experiments with the chemical pesticide GonaCon.