A spokesperson for a group of 18 experts who met in Krosno to
decide the herd's fate told Associated Press it was a painful
decision to which there's no alternative if other herds are to
be protected. However, news reports don't say whether these
experts considered the success of at least one herd of infected
bison living in Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park. Located in
the Northwest Territory, the park includes a Bison Control Area
to prevent the spread of disease to uninfected herds elsewhere.
Although numbers at Wood Buffalo declined from 1971 to 1999, in
2002 the herd's size doubled. So far, says Canada's Environment
and Natural Resources, there's no explanation for the increase.
Tell Poland at least look into this situation and exhaust all
alternatives (including vaccinating other herds) before killing
these rare bison! We, the undersigned, urge the Polish
government to look into alternatives before killing bison
infected with tuberculosis. Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park
gives at least one altnera