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Re: Bison Comments Summarized

Brucellosis is NOT caused by a virus.  It is caused by a rod-shaped, aerobic
bacteria from the family "Brucella."
Ridlon J. Kiphart, M.D.
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From: Alan_Rider@ILLINOVA.COM <Alan_Rider@ILLINOVA.COM>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 9:22 PM
Subject: Bison Comments Summarized


>If you are wanting more info and/or a different viewpoint, I read an
>article last November at my fathers house about Yellowstone buffalo leaving
>the park in winter and the perceived 'problems' that caused.  I think it
>was in the national parks magazine that we seen to get solicitations for
>all the time in the mail.
>Anyway, one of the points made was that actually ELK have the brucellosis
>virus far more than buffalo.  The same ELK that also leave the park in
>winter for food.  HOWEVER no one dares complain about them because of the
>economics the ELK provide in terms of guide services, rooms , restaurants
>etc. etc.  Also of note, no cattle have gotten the virus from the ELK or
>Tatonka.  They graze right along with the cattle.
>Without starting a discussion (wolf controversy not-with-standing)  how do
>you control the population of buffalo?  I don't want to visit Yellowstone
>where everything has been eaten to the ground.....
>At some point in the future the Nations first Tallgrass prairie, Midewin by
>Chicago wants to have buffalo.  They have considered letting buffalo
>ranchers graze their buffalo at the Park, perhaps as an income producing
>deal....
>---------------------- Forwarded by Alan Rider on 09/25/98 08:43 PM
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>Please respond to prairie@mallorn.com
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>To:   prairie@mallorn.com
>cc:    (bcc: Alan Rider)
>Subject:  Bison Comments Summarized
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>Thanks for the bison comments.
>
>My bison email was a summary of statements made in the literature of two
>environmental advocacy groups and sometimes rephrased into questions. I
>intend to speak at the hearing here in Austin.  Was there a conclusion? A
>position?
>
>Did vaccination of all cattle, including those unvaccinated, but
>certified brucellosis-free, begin to surface between the lines as the
>easiest and most effective solution? Does it suffice?
>
>And an obvious second conclusion: not making any more enemies than need
>be.  Is there more to be said? Perhaps there will be in the websites that
>were suggested.  Thank you, and I will check into those soon.
>
>Lee Stone
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