ASSOCIATED PRESS
GARDINER – A District of Columbia federal judge has denied a Montana landowner’s plea to halt the hunting of bison just outside Yellowstone National Park.
The “Billings
Gazette” reports that in an order filed Nov. 11, Chief Judge Beryl Howell also
ruled that Montana is the proper jurisdiction for a lawsuit filed by
Gardiner-area resident Bonnie Lynn and Neighbors Against Bison Slaughter who
argue that bison hunting so close to residences is life threatening.
In rejecting Lynn’s arguments, Howell said tribal hunters were the ones who would be “substantially injured” if the hunt was halted.
Montana began
a hunting season for bison that leave the park in 2005. The majority of the
bison harvest is by tribal members with treaty rights, and
four Montana tribes opposed Lynn’s lawsuit.
