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Posted Mon Jan 17 2011: from Huffington Post:
Let the Buffalo Roam! America's Last Wild Herds Under Attack by US Government and Cattle Industry http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1295284239
As a result, today's modest population of Yellowstone buffalo, numbering close to 4,000, is the only herd with direct genetic lineage to the original 23 that prevailed out of the estimate 30-60 million that once roamed freely across the Great Plains.... The reality is that year after year taxpayer dollars are sponsoring the scapegoating of an animal that should be revered as national and cultural icon so that a handful of ranchers can graze cattle on public and private land adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. It is this legacy of greed and deceit that is responsible for more than 3,000 buffalo slain since 2000, when the Interagency Bison Management Plan took effect.... "The Buffalo are being persecuted by the same interest groups that wiped them off the continent in the first place. There is a huge benefit to the cattle ranchers who want to see public lands used for grazing cattle. Cows are an invasive species and we now control our wildlife in this country on their behalf including targeted hunting campaigns against wolves, grizzly bears and buffalo."
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'Doc Jim says:
Dastardly cows! Quietly invading without us even realizing it!
Given the footprint of the beef industry, one could argue that the cows were terrorist cells, bent on creating global warming. Although cows are too stupid to create global warming. Takes some pretty damn smart species to do that!

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