63 pure American Bison from Yellowstone were headed for Ted Turner's Montana Ranch..........Now they are caught in a litigation squabble with Conservation Groups who do not want Bison population expansion to be privatized...............They want the Federal Government to be the "Corporation" to manage genetically pure Bison and their range expansion outside Yellowstone...............What really irks me here is that the Indian tribes and Conservation Groups were not prepared a few years back to accept these Animals and Ted Turner was................True, that Ted would make a profit on this venture and get to harvest a % of the calves born to the herd.............but still, he was ready to get the Bison expansion program started and now that the Indian tribes are ready to take the animals, the Conservation Groups are in the Courts hammering away at Turner..........while the animals sit in Yellowstone in a "frozen state"...............In my opinion, the Buffalo should have been permitted to go to Turner......................and then the next surplus animals out of Yellowstone could have gone to the Tribes.....................This blog seeks rewilding.................whether that be private or publicly funded,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as Clark Gable said in the movie "Gone With the Wind"....."Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn"!

CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO READ THE NEW WEST STORY ON THIS TOPIC........THE AUTHOR SEEMS TO BLAME TED TURNER..........I DISAGREE.............TED DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS..............IN THIS CASE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE ACTING LIKE CHILDREN AND SAYING " i WANT WHAT I WANT".................WELL, THAT IS NOT HOW IT IS DONE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.............LET TED HAVE THE BISON.............AND ON THE NEXT GO-AROUND, HAVE THE TRIBES TAKE THE NEXT GROUP OF "SURPLUS" BISON

Tribes Offering Home to Disease-Free Yellowstone Bison Deserve an Answer Guest Writer Travel & Outdoors NewWest.Net