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Montana Resumes controversial Bison Hunt	Message #10
Montana's state legislature just opened a 3 month bison hunting season. Nearly 6200 people applied for the 50 permits that were issued. Sixteen additional permits were reserved for native American tribal members, and 10 went to hunters who had drawn permits for a previous hunt that was cancelled. The Montana officials were forced to end the Bison hunt in 1991 after animal rights organizations put on nationally televised protests and sparked tourist boycotts. Previously, Montana state game wardens would phone local hunters when bison strayed outside of the protected confines of Yellowstone National Park. Animal rights activists were outraged at this activity, questioning its classification as a sport. Animal rights activists were ready for the first shoot of this new season. Activists from the Buffalo Field Campaign, a bison advocacy group, filmed the killing of the first bison. The killing took a reported five bul... Click here for full article.
comments (0 so far)	Posted by Lisa (profile) - Chickadee Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 21:11:00 EST