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Yellowstone Bison-Buffalo Issues { 77 images } Created 27 Jan 2016

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  • BisonIssues16-A crew from Helicopter Wildlife Management uses a helicopter to net capture a bison in Yellowstone National Park. They radio collar and test the bison as part of a brucellosis study of Yellowstone bison. 3/98
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  • BisonIssues02-A  bison shot by the Montana Department of Livestock near West Yellowstone when it left Yellowstone National Park during the winter of 1997. Some of Yellowstone's bison are infected with brucelosis. 1,700 bison were killed during the winter of 96/97.
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  • BisonIssues18-A crew from Helicopter Wildlife Management uses a helicopter to net capture a bison in Yellowstone National Park. They radio collar and test the bison as part of a brucellosis study of Yellowstone bison. 3/98
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  • BisonIssues21-A herd of bison leave the nothern gate of Yellowstone National Park on 3/5/03. 231 bison were captured and sent to salughter during the first week of March 2003 as part of a brucellosis erradication program forced on the park by the states of Montana.
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  • BisonIssues03-A member of the Montana Department of Livestock shoots bison along the northern boundry of Yellowstone National Park during the winter of 1997.
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  • During the month of Jan 2006 more than 600 bison crossing the northern border Yellowstone National Park have been hazed into the Stephens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone and sent to slaughter without testing for brucellosis.<br />
     Bison in the Stephens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park await transport to slaughter.
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  • BisonIssues13-Native American on a march to protest the killing of bison when the cross the border of Yellowstone National Park into Montana. Paradise Valley, MT 1/99
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  • BisonIssues10-Members of the Buffalo Field Campaign protest the capture and killing of bison by the Montana Department of Livestock near West Yellowstone. Montana kills the animals if they test positive for Brucelosis when the cross the border of Yellowstone National Park. 1/99
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  • BisonIssues11-A member of the Buffalo Field Campaign is arrested while protesting the capture and killing of bison by the Montana Department of Livestock near West Yellowstone. Montana kills the animals if they test positive for Brucelosis when the cross the border of Yellowstone National Park. 1/99
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  • Mike Mease, co-founder 0f the Buffalo Field Campaign, in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park near Gardiner, Montana. Mease and members of the Buffalo Field Campaign have been documenting the 2005/2006 Montana bison hunt with video cameras.  The BFC is not again bison hunting but opposed the hunt until their is more bison habitat.
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  • BisonIssues04-Bison shot by the Montana Department of Livestock near West Yellowstone are field dressed by native Americans .  Some of Yellowstone's bison are infected with brucelosis. 1,700 bison were killed during the winter of 96/97.
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  • Bison hunter Gary Schultz with a 2000 pound bull bison that he shot on 1/20/06 in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest along the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. He was one of the 50 hunters with permits to hunt bison as they crossed the Yellowstone border into Montana. A large group of friends and family are on hand to help skin and field dress the bull bison.
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  • Bison hunter Gary Schultz with a 2000 pound bull bison that he shot on 1/20/06 in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest along the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. He was one of the 50 hunters with permits to hunt bison as they crossed the Yellowstone border into Montana. A large group of friends and family are on hand to help skin and field dress the bull bison. <br />
The town of Gardiner, Montana is below.
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  • A horseman from the Montana Department of Livestock drives wild bison fron the Horse Butte area of Montana back into Yellowstone National Park during a Yellowstone bison hazing operation.
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  • A bull bison paws, pushes, and nuzzles another bull from it's group that was just shot and killed on 1/21/06. The bison bull stayed with the dead bison until chased away by the hunters. The bison was killed in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. The bison was killed during the 2005/2006 Montana bsion hunt. 50 permits were issued to hunters to kill bison has they cross the border of Yellowstone into Montana,
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  • Wild bison from grazing by houses in the Horse Butte area of Montana the morning before they were hazed back in to Yellowstone National Park.
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  • Baby bison born in May 2012 in the genetically pure bison herd moved from the border of Yellowstone Park to the Ft. Peck, Montana Indian Reservation. The bison are being held in an enclosure near Poplar, Montana awaiting a court case that will deceided if they can be released into a 7,200 acre fenced area on the Ft. Peck Indian Reservation and if some of the bison can be sent to the Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation. The environmental law firm Earth Justice will represent the Ft. Peck tribe in the Montana courts.
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  • Baby bison born in May 2012 in the genetically pure bison herd moved from the border of Yellowstone Park to the Ft. Peck, Montana Indian Reservation. The bison are being held in an enclosure near Poplar, Montana awaiting a court case that will deceided if they can be released into a 7,200 acre fenced area on the Ft. Peck Indian Reservation and if some of the bison can be sent to the Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation. The environmental law firm Earth Justice will represent the Ft. Peck tribe in the Montana courts.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be captured in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be captured in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be captured in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be captured in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be captured in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be captured in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Genetically pure bison from the famous Yellowstone National Park bison herd graze on the Blacktail Plateau in YNP. They are the direct decedents of the last small group of bison that survived the government sponsored bison slaughter of the late 1800.
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  • Volunteers with the  Buffalo Field Campaign at the entrance to the campaign headquaters house near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • Volunteer Pete Boqusko facilitates the evening meeting at the Buffalo Field Campaign house near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • Volunteer Pete Boqusko facilitates the evening meeting at the Buffalo Field Campaign house near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • A Buffalo Field Campaign ski patrol prepares to head out to look for buffalo in the Horse Butte area near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • A Buffalo Field Campaign ski patrol prepares to head out to look for buffalo in the Horse Butte area near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • Mike Mease, Buffalo Filed Campaign coordinator on a ski patrol looking for bison along the Madison River in the Horse Butte area near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • Mike Mease, Buffalo Filed Campaign coordinator on a ski patrol looking for bison along the Madison River in the Horse Butte area near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • Mike Mease, Buffalo Filed Campaign coordinator on a ski patrol looking for bison along the Madison River in the Horse Butte area near West Yellowstone, Montana.
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  • Young bsion from Yellowstone National Park graze in in front of the Gardiner School in Gardiner, Montana. Each winter hundreds of bison leave Yellowstone. Under new rules they will be allowed to migrate into the Gardiner Basin but must be back into the park by May 1st.
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  • Bison from Yellowstone National Park graze in Arch Park just outside the famous arch entrance in Gardiner, Montana. Each winter hundreds of bison leave Yellowstone. Under new rules they will be allowed to migrate into the Gardiner Basin but must be back into the park by May 1st.
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  • A dead bison from Yellowstone National Park awaiting field dressing just across the Yellowsotne National  Park border in the Gallatin National Forest, Montana. The bison was shot and harvested by the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.
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  • Members of the Nez Perce tribe field dress a Yellowstone National Park bison just across the Yellowsotne National Park border in the Gallatin National Forest, Montana. The bison was shot and harvested by the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.
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  • Bison from Yellowstone National Park cross  the Yellowstone National Park border into the Gallatin National Forest, Montana. The bison can be shot and harvested by four different native American tribes as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.  Under new bsion managments rules the Yellowstone bison will be allowed to wander into the Gardiner Basin during the winter but must be back in Yellowstone National Park by May 1st.
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  • Members of the Nez Perce tribe field dress a Yellowstone National Park bison just across the Yellowsotne National Park border in the Gallatin National Forest, Montana. The bison was shot and harvested by the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A bison from Yellowstone National Park  wanders on protected  private land after it crossed  the Yellowsotne National Park border onto the Gallatin National Forest and private land in the Gardiner Basin,  Montana. The bison can be shot and harvested by four different native American tribes as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.  Under new bsion managments rules the Yellowstone  bison will be allowed to wander into the Gardiner Basin during the winter but must be back in Yellowstone National Park by May 1st.
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  • Bison from Yellowstone National Park wander on private land and the Gallatin National Forest in the Gardiner Basin, Montana. The bison can be shot and harvested by four different native American tribes as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.  Under new bsion managments rules the Yellowstone bison will be allowed to wander into the Gardiner Basin during the winter but must be back in Yellowstone National Park by May 1st.
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  • Bsion from Yellowstone National Park graze after they crossed  the Yellowsotne National Park border onto the Gallatin National Forest and private land in the Gardiner Basin, Montana. The bison can be shot and harvested by four different native American tribes as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.  Under new bsion managments rules the Yellowstone bison will be allowed to wander into the Gardiner Basin during the winter but must be back in Yellowstone National Park by May 1st.
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  • Memebers of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe from Ft. Hall, Idaho prepare to harvest bison that have just crossed the border of Yellowstone National Park into the Gallatin National Forest in the Gardiner Basin, Montana.  The bison can be shot and harvested by four different native American tribes as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.  Under new bsion managments rules the Yellowstone bison will be allowed to wander into the Gardiner Basin during the winter but must be back in Yellowstone National Park by May 1st.
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  • A young bison sniffs a bull bison that had just been shot just after it crossed the border of Yellowstone National Park into the Gallatin National Forest in the Gardiner Basin, Montana.  The bison can be shot and harvested by four different native American tribes as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.  Under new bsion managments rules the Yellowstone bison will be allowed to wander into the Gardiner Basin during the winter but must be back in Yellowstone National Park by May 1st.
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  • Memebers of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe from Ft. Hall, Idaho prepare to harvest bison that have just crossed the border of Yellowstone National Park into the Gallatin National Forest in the Gardiner Basin, Montana.  The bison can be shot and harvested by four different native American tribes as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.  Under new bsion managments rules the Yellowstone bison will be allowed to wander into the Gardiner Basin during the winter but must be back in Yellowstone National Park by May 1st.
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  • Members of the Nez Perce tribe field dress a Yellowstone National Park bison just across the Yellowsotne National Park border in the Gallatin National Forest, Montana. The bison was shot and harvested by the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho as part of their treaty rights to hunt bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation moments after shooting a bison in the Gardiner Basin on the the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. Four Native American tribes have treaty rights that allow hunting Yellowstone bison when they cross the border into Montana. The hunting season end March 31st.
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  • A cow bison dead in the snow after being shot by a  member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation  in the Gardiner Basin on the the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. Four Native American tribes have treaty rights that allow hunting Yellowstone bison when they cross the border into Montana. The hunting season end March 31st.
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  • A member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation with the hide and the head a bison shot in the Gardiner Basin on the the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. Four Native American tribes have treaty rights that allow hunting Yellowstone bison when they cross the border into Montana. The hunting season end March 31st.
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  • Bison wander though the historic arch at the northern entrance of Yellowstone National Park into the Gardiner Basin where they may be hunted by four Native American tribes under tready rights or those with hunting tags from Montana. There are plans to expand the tollerance zone for Yellowstone bison for year round movement into the Gardiner Basin. Currently all bison must be back in Yellowstone by mid May.
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  • A young Yellowwtone bison outside a home alon9 highway 89 in the Gardiner Basin expanded tolerance zone north of Yellowstone Park. Bison must be back in Yellowstone by May 15. A proposal to allow bison in the tolerance zone year round is under review.
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  • A bison from Yellowstone uses a guard rail as a rub  along highway 89 in the  Gardiner Basin expanded tolerance zone north of Yellowstone Park. Bison must be back in Yellowstone by May 15. A proposal to allow bison in the tolerance zone year round is under review.
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  • A herd of bsion from Yellowstone National Park pass by Cutler Lake in the Gallatin National Forest in the  Gardiner Basin expanded tolerance zone north of Yellowstone Park. Bison must be back in Yellowstone by May 15. A proposal to allow bison in the tolerance zone year round is under review.
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  • A herd of bison from Yellowstone National Park graze along a bison proof fence around a private ranch fence in the Gardiner Basin expanded tolerance zone north of Yellowstone Park. Bison must be back in Yellowstone by May 15. A proposal to allow bison in the tolerance zone year round is under review. Both Yellowstone bison and elk carry brucellosis.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 hundred bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be capture in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 hundred bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be capture in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 hundred bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be capture in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 hundred bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be capture in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 hundred bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be capture in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park before being sent to slaughter. Yellowstone officials set a goal of removing 900 bison from the famous herd by either hunting outside the park or through capture and sending them to slaughter. There were 4,900 hundred bison in Yellowstone at the end of 2014. A political agreement with the state of Montana set a population goal of 3,000. The Yellowstone bison are allowed to wander out of the park for a few months in the winter where they can be hunted in a state hunt or by Native Americas with tribal hunting right. The can also be capture in the Stevens Creek facility and sent to slaughter. Meat from the slaughtered bison goes to Native America tribes in the region.
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  • Genetically pure bison from the famous Yellowstone National Park bison herd graze on the Blacktail Plateau in YNP. They are the direct decedents of the last small group of bison that survived the government sponsored bison slaughter of the late 1800.  Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived continuously since pre
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  • Genetically pure bison from the famous Yellowstone National Park bison herd graze on the Blacktail Plateau in YNP. They are the direct decedents of the last small group of bison that survived the government sponsored bison slaughter of the late 1800.  Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived continuously since pre
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  • Genetically pure bison from the famous Yellowstone National Park bison herd graze on the Blacktail Plateau in YNP. They are the direct decedents of the last small group of bison that survived the government sponsored bison slaughter of the late 1800.  Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived continuously since pre
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  • Genetically pure bison from the famous Yellowstone National Park bison herd graze on the Blacktail Plateau in YNP. They are the direct decedents of the last small group of bison that survived the government sponsored bison slaughter of the late 1800.  Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived continuously since pre
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  • Wild bison in Yellowstone National Park migrating toward the park border. Bison are captured as they attempt to leave the park. Those that test positive for brucellosis are sent to laughter.
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  • During the month of Jan 2006 more than 600 bison crossing the northern border Yellowstone National Park have been hazed into the Stephens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone and sent to slaughter without testing for brucellosis.<br />
     Bison in the Stephens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park await transport to slaughter.
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  • A bull bison paws, pushes, and nuzzles another bull from it's group that was just shot and killed on 1/21/06. The bison bull stayed with the dead bison until chased away by the hunters. The bison was killed in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. The bison was killed during the 2005/2006 Montana bsion hunt. 50 permits were issued to hunters to kill bison has they cross the border of Yellowstone into Montana,
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  • Bison hunter Gary Schultz with a 2000 pound bull bison that he shot on 1/20/06 in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest along the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. He was one of the 50 hunters with permits to hunt bison as they crossed the Yellowstone border into Montana. A large group of friends and family are on hand to help skin and field dress the bull bison.
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  • Bison hunter Gary Schultz with a 2000 pound bull bison that he shot on 1/20/06 in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest along the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. He was one of the 50 hunters with permits to hunt bison as they crossed the Yellowstone border into Montana. A large group of friends and family are on hand to help skin and field dress the bull bison. <br />
The town of Gardiner, Montana is below.
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  • Mike Mease, co-founder 0f the Buffalo Field Campaign, in the Eagle Creek area of the Gallatin National Forest on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park near Gardiner, Montana. Mease and members of the Buffalo Field Campaign have been documenting the 2005/2006 Montana bison hunt with video cameras.  The BFC is not again bison hunting but opposed the hunt until their is more bison habitat.
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  • BisonIssues21-A herd of bison leave the nothern gate of Yellowstone National Park on 3/5/03. 231 bison were captured and sent to salughter during the first week of March 2003 as part of a brucellosis erradication program forced on the park by the states of Montana.
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  • BisonIssues23-Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park await shipment to slaughter on 03/05/03.  231 bison were captured and sent to salughter during the first week of March 2003 as part of a brucellosis erradication program forced on the park by the states of Montana.
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  • Wild bison on the main street of Gardiner, MT along the border of Yellowstone National Park.  Bison are captured as they attempt to leave the park. Those that test positive for brucellosis are sent to laughter.
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  • BisonIssues24-Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park await shipment to slaughter on 03/05/03.  231 bison were captured and sent to salughter during the first week of March 2003 as part of a brucellosis erradication program forced on the park by the states of Montana.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park await shipment to slaughter on 03/02/04. Bison are captured as they attempt to leave the park. Those that test positive for brucellosis are sent to laughter.
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  • Wild bison in the Stevens Creek capture facility in Yellowstone National Park await shipment to slaughter on 03/02/04. Bison are captured as they attempt to leave the park. Those that test positive for brucellosis are sent to laughter.
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