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Abuse of Wildlife on Land - Fri. 3:30pm
Videos and Q&A about abusing and killing animals in fields and forests

Presenters: Hudak, Marr, Muller, Vincent

Mike Hudak
Founder, Public Lands Without Livestock

ABUSE OF ANIMALS IN FIELDS & FORESTS

Montana Department of Livestock vs. Yellowstone Bison

The American cattle industry, itself responsible for killing more than thirty-four million animals each year, directly and indirectly plays a role in decimating populations of free-living animals as well. Through government programs such as Wildlife Services, animals deemed a threat to the industry are shot, trapped, and poisoned. And simply by the cattle industry degrading wildlife habitat through fencing, dewatering, reseeding, road building, and overgrazing, at
least 151 animal species find themselves so imperiled that they have been federally listed as threatened or endangered, or have been petitioned for such listing.

One of the most publicized and revealing attacks by the cattle industry on wildlife involves the Yellowstone Bison. First decimated in the 19th century as part of the U.S. government's genocidal campaign against Native Americans, bison in recent years have become pawns in a literal and conceptual turf war over control of wildlife on our public lands. As a result, just this past winter more of these free-roaming bison have been slaughtered (in a single season) than at any time since the 19th century. We'll examine the history of the conflict and debunk the livestock industry's excuses for perpetrating this slaughter.

More information about the harms to free-living animals caused by the livestock industry can be found on the following websites:

Public Lands Without Livestock: mikehudak.com/PLWL
Sierra Club: sierraclub.org/grazing/slideshow.asp
Buffalo Field Campaign: buffalofieldcampaign.org/

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Brian Vincent
Big Wildlife, www.BigWildlife.org

"Abuse of Wildlife on Land" is a panel discussion about the expansive and brutal slaughter of wildlife by government agencies and private interests. The panel will focus on the barbaric and shocking methods used to kill willdife (including trapping, baiting, poisoning, hounding, gassing, shooting wildlife from the air, burning animals alive in their dens). In addition, panelists will highlight specific campaigns to end these cruel practices. The panel will include stunning images of wildlife, as well as disturbing visuals of wildlife "control" programs."