Comment from ponchot, susan
susan ponchotSupportIndividual
Summary: The commenter argues that government actions, human land use, and livestock management have severely threatened the Yellowstone bison population and its habitat. They urge the government to take action to improve the lives of the bison and protect their wild genome.
Government slaughter has decimated the genetically distinct Central herd and the number of bison in the subpopulation remains dangerously low.<br/>Human land use has destroyed more than 85% of Yellowstone bison’s range and habitat while the government prohibits and excludes the migratory species from millions of acres of National public trust lands in the bioregion. Human developments have destroyed all 14 long-distance migration corridors for Yellowstone bison to escape catastrophic events, and an inhospitable environment created by the government. Livestock control and veterinary management threaten Yellowstone bison’s wild genome – forged by their ancestors over thousands of years in a wild environment. Yellowstone bison may not be able to adapt body size in time to match the rapid change in climate and rising temperatures forecast over the next century. LET US PLESAE FINALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THINGS AND MAKE THE LIVES OF THE BISON BETTER!