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LETTERS, Page 8Big-Game Buffalo
I support Montana's decision to allow sportsmen to harvest the
bison that have roamed outside the bounds of Yellowstone National
Park (NATION, Feb.20). One reason for instituting the hunt is to
prevent the spread of brucellosis from buffalo to domestic
livestock and from livestock to the human population. Montana has
spent more than $30 million since the 1950s to make its livestock
brucellosis-free, and an additional $600,000 is laid out annually
to vaccinate cattle in the state. The bison in Yellowstone Park are
infected with brucellosis, and those animals are posing a threat
to one of Montana's leading industries.
Ron Marlenee, U.S. Representative
2nd District, Montana
Washington
I am outraged! The photograph of the bison baggers shows two
murderous hunters rejoicing over the violated carcass of one of the
world's noblest animals. That picture makes me question the belief
that man is created in the image of God.
Narasingha P. Sil
Monmouth, Ore.
The state-sponsored buffalo hunt reminds me of what naturalist
Joseph Wood Krutch said some time ago: "When a man wantonly
destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he
wantonly destroys one of the works of God we call him a sportsman."
Marilyn G. Seyler
Mansfield, Ohio