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Dear Buffalo Supporters,

Well, it is probably not a coincidence that the Department of Livestock chose today, the day when a bill was introduced into the state Legislature to remove the DOL from bison management, to raid our nearly two-month long blockade that had effectively stopped them from constructing a new capture facility on Horse Butte. They wouldn't want to look like they were beaten by a bunch of tenacious resisters! So in a show of bravado,they removed the tripods with a plow, excavator, cherry picker, and bulldozer, in order to take two non-violent buffalo defenders off to jail in the paddy wagon. Then later, four volunteers who were walking with four buffalo were falsely arrested by the Department of Livestock. We can't stand by and let free speech be trampled, buffalo captured and killed, and public outrage be ignored.

Please take a moment for a few phone calls to let these public officials know that they are responsible to more than just the livestock industry. Call the DOL at (406) 444-2023 and ask them why they continue to kill bull buffalo who have no way of transmitting brucellosis and why they continue to waste your tax money.

Call USDA Secretary Daniel Glickman, (Telephone: 202-720-3631; Fax: 202-720-2166) and tell him to let buffalo be protected like all other wildlife on public lands.

Call USDA, APHIS Administrator Dr. Craig Reed (Telephone: 202-720-3668; Fax: 202-720-3054) and tell them not to fund DOL projects that trap and kill buffalo outside of Yellowstone.

Let Governor Racicot know that you hold him responsible for every buffalo killed in Montana, and that he should have the courage to stop the killing. (Phone (406) 444-3111.

Thank you for your support, and please keep the pressure on these officials and decision makers. We are the only voices that the buffalo have right now!

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