At some point, “enough is enough”. These are grown men wanting to play cowboy. It’s all they have, and they don’t care what gets in the way. These actions are brought to you by a paranoid and antiquated cattle industry, one which grips the west with clenched fists, snuffing out wildlife and freedom in the process. Of course, not every cattle rancher approves of this, but most do. When you buy beef products from Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, you support this bison hazing. The truth is becoming even more clear: When you buy beef *period*, you are likely supporting large scale predator “management”(aka killing).
Ultimately, when we leave this place, we are judged by how we treated our neighbors. Do you want to be known as the guy lending a hand of mercy, kindness and understanding or the guy with the cowboy hat on a horse hazing a bison calf with a broken leg?
If you get a chance, pick up the phone and call 1800-Visit-MT. Let them know you are considering visiting the state and are disturbed by this bison calf hazing video. Trust me when I say that in this economy, they are very concerned about public relations. It would probably do far more good than contacting the DOL, USFS or NPS, although all should be contacted (use links on the sidebar).
Governor Brian D. Schweitzer
Office of the Governor
Montana State Capitol Bldg.
P.O. Box 200801
Helena MT 59620-0801
(406) 444-3111, FAX (406) 444-5529
Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger
Office of the Lt. Governor
Montana State Capitol Bldg.
PO Box 200801
Helena, MT 59620-1901
(406) 444-3111, FAX (406) 444
DOL hazes bison into traffic:
Ralph Maughan’s Blog has extensive coverage of this ongoing tragedy, as does the Buffalo Field Campaign. Please Digg this story to help the Yellowstone Bison. Click the Digg symbol below(person holding shovel).
seriously? come on. when will people realize that regardless of what you believe or what side you’re on, nothing changes the fact that 99% of all people are total dumb shits compared to the other 1%. who cares about your ideals? the greatest idea anyone ever came up with was freedom of expression. why not accept other peoples “ignorant” ideals… after all, you may live long enough to say that about your own.
There is a really good book that helps some folks understand this problem concerning these man versus man disputes,I say this because I do not believe in the human term used as that is merely a legal definition.. Man versus man disputes essentially boil down to our personal identity’s and the instinctive defense mechanism of our identity’s..The Book is by Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now a New Earth..Awakening to your life’s Purpose.. This author explains this concept well and it makes sense.. All of us man and wo-man tribal types relate to others in a tribal sense but there is still our own identity involved and we fight each other over how we see the world.. I also have a 300 page thesis on this subject..I should put it on line some time..the major problem is the identity seeks comfort in only reading that which it likes..most do this, instead of reading everything, even the most dreadful things, like legal documents and Congressional Globes, Records, annals of Congress, and even the U.N. which I do and have done for 30 years..You can be rewarded with the truth and the intentions of governments in actually knowing what their doing, but you will never be rewarded when you share it with those who have not read those things..You get called a faker, or worse.. I call this political chaos and the enviro debacle and identity crisis of and by man..amazing..