Urge federal lawmakers to protect Yellowstone buffalo

The last free-ranging population of wild buffalo (or bison) in the U.S. lives around Yellowstone National Park, and now there are only about 3,000 of them, down from over 4,700 just last year. The driving force behind their extermination is the beef industry: Ranchers who rent public lands from the government to graze their cattle have convinced federal and state agencies that they need to kill the buffalo in order to protect their profits. Please Take Action to urge your federal lawmakers to take proactive measures to save the buffalo.

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Dear [ Decision Maker ],

I am writing as a constituent, voter, and concerned citizen to urge that you take swift action to stop the slaughter of wild buffalo at Yellowstone National Park.

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Not since the 1800s, when tens of millions of American buffalo roamed the Great Plains, has this species been slaughtered in such large numbers as they are today. The last free-ranging population of wild buffalo (or bison) in the U.S. lives around Yellowstone, and now there are only about 3,000 of them, down from over 4,700 just last year.

Taxpayers have spent more than $16 million since 2002 on the interagency bison management plan, and yet a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that "...the agencies lack accountability among themselves and to the public." The GAO report also stated that "The interagency buffalo management plan does not have clearly defined, measurable objectives, and the partner agencies share no common view of the objectives."

Blindly killing endangered animals at the beef industry's bidding is a shameful misappropriation of taxpayer's money, and it needs to stop. I respectfully urge you to do whatever you can to hold the agencies involved accountable to their current obligations under the bison management plan, and to create a law prohibiting the slaughter of wild buffalo.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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