Ceremony for slaughtered Yellowstone bison
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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Environment
Chief Arvol Looking Horse led a ceremony on Tuesday to honor more than 1,200 bison that have been slaughtered after they wandered out of
Yellowstone National Park.
The
Buffalo Field Campaign and the
Seventh Generation Fund organized the event. The groups wants the federal government to stop allowing the state of Montana to kill bison that leave the park.
This past winter, more than 1,200 bison have been killed, a record number. That's nearly one-third of the entire population of bison in the park.
Montana officials are allowed to kill the animals to prevent the transmission of brucellosis, a deadly disease, to cattle.
Get the Story:
Buffalo Requiem: Indian ceremony honors slaughtered bison
(The Billings Gazette 4/16)
As bison die in Yellowstone, tribe tends to their spirits (AP 4/16)
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