Over 130 Wild Buffalo Slaughtered with 145 More Facing Imminent Death

Advocates Hold Week of Action as Yellowstone Bison Slaughter Continues

GARDINER & WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT: Over 130 wild buffalo have been slaughtered by the National Park Service in Yellowstone since February 8th. They have captured a total of 275 and plan to slaughter all of them. According to Yellowstone officials, 17 calves that were originally going to be sent to the Corwin Springs research facility are now instead being sent to slaughter.

"Originally the U.S. Calvary was sent here to protect the last remaining bison found in Yellowstone," said Mike Mease, co-founder of Buffalo Field Campaign. "How sadly ironic that millions of U.S. tax dollars are now being spent to kill them."

George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM spoke with Stephany Seay of the Buffalo Field Campaign about the real reasons behind the slaughter, what they are doing to fight this and how people can get involved. Read More and Listen to the Interview