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Bison Failure

Post by MuleyMadness » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:55 pm

Interesting read here IMO...

Bison in pilot program shipped back to Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. – Livestock and wildlife officials captured and returned 13 wild bison Friday to Yellowstone National Park that had been allowed to roam into parts of Montana for the first time in decades.

The roundup came after the animals repeatedly left a 2,500-acre grazing area in Gallatin National Forest, crossing the Yellowstone River and entering private property.

After their capture, the animals were trucked to Yellowstone's northern border and released at a site near the town of Gardiner.

Bison have been barred for decades from leaving Yellowstone over fears they will transmit the disease brucellosis to cattle. But 25 were allowed to leave the park last week, under a pilot initiative costing more than $3 million that had been highly touted by state and federal officials.

Montana Department of Livestock spokesman Steve Merritt said the decision to move the animals back toward the park was made by the agency in conjunction with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

"We've given up on those 13," Merritt said.

Some bison advocates and area landowners had questioned the wisdom of moving the animals onto the Gallatin forest, saying the bison would not stay in place and the program would fail.

At least 10 bison remain on the Gallatin. One bison is at large and another was shot Monday after it entered private property.

Officials are considering whether to replace the bison that have been lost from the pilot initiative, but Merritt said no decision had been made.

He said it was possible the 10 remaining bison also could be returned to Yellowstone, depending on their behavior. So far, however, those bison appear to have stayed within the grazing area, known as Cutler Meadow.

As for expanding the area where bison can roam — a solution promoted by some bison advocates and sporting groups — Merritt said that was unlikely.

"We're trying it in one place and it's not working out quite as we hoped for," he said. "I would think we wold want to get situations like that ironed out before looking at" additional habitat outside the park.

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Re: Bison Failure

Post by ABert » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:44 pm

Three million dollars?!? To transport 25 bison just to have 13 of them return to the park on their own, lose one, have one get shot and twelve stay put?!?

I mean, THREE MILLION DOLLARS???!!!???

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Re: Bison Failure

Post by MuleyMadness » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:47 pm

That's what I thought also, plus my favorite part after the 3 million...
had been highly touted by state and federal officials.
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Re: Bison Failure

Post by firefighterbraun » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:56 pm

I would have done it for $2.5 million....... lol

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Re: Bison Failure

Post by plsurfer » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:41 pm

Sounds a little something like this... (emailed to me a while ago)


The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature
trail.

A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the
Governor.

1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie
"Bambi" and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only
doing what is natural.

2. He calls animal control . Animal Control captures the coyote
and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating
it.

3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and
bills the State $200 testing it for diseases.

4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked
for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.

5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game
conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of
dangerous animals.

6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a
"coyote awareness program" for residents of the area.

7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better
treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the
world.

8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the
attack. The State spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with
additional special training re: the nature of coyotes.

9. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit
against the State.


Montana :

The Governor of Montana is jogging with his dog along a nature
trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks his dog, a border collie named Jag.

1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and
keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point
cartridge.

2. The crows and magpies eat the dead coyote.

And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Montana is not.

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Re: Bison Failure

Post by MuleyMadness » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:51 pm

That's pretty good. lol

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Re: Bison Failure

Post by JLROOT » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:21 pm

JUST THINK OF HOW MUCH THAT CALI COYOTE HELPED SIMULATE THE ECONOMY THOUGH. lol
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