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In the third and final part of "The Bison Haze" we are taken on a trip to the nation's capital to see what legislators are doing about the Bison issue. There are passionate people on both sides of the debate trying to convince people who might have never even seen a bison that they should be hazed or left alone. Is brucellosis a real threat from the bison? Will ranchers really lose out i...More

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In part two of "The Bison Haze", we take a fly-on-the-wall look at the political wranglings between government and private interests that culminate in a vaguely disturbing roundup of bison for relocation. What will be the ultimate fate of the animals? Check out part 3 next week! ...More

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Yellowstone's population of bison are free-ranging, and so can leave the friendly confines of the park at any time. Animal activists believe that the bison, perhaps THE symbol of the plains, should be able to roam free as in centuries past. Ranchers in the area fear that their cattle may be infected by the brucellosis that bison can carry. As a result, a battle rages between the laissez-faire ...More

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