Free prey animals!

[giza]

I had the pleasure of reading a copy of Steal This Book, written by Abbie Hoffman which describes all sorts of ways to leech off the system. Here's one excerpt that amused me:

Every year the National Park Service gives away surplus elks in order to keep the herds under its jurisdiction from outgrowing the amount of available land for grazing. Write to: Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone, Wyoming 83020. You must be prepared to pay the freight charges for shipping the animal and guarantee that you can provide enough grazing land to keep the big fellow happy.

Under the same arrangement the government will send you a Free Buffalo. Write to: Office of Information, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20420. So many people have written them recently demanding their Free Buffalo, that they called a press conference to publicly attack the Yippies for creating chaos in the government. Don't take any buffalo shit from these petty bureaucrats, demand the real thing. Demand your Free Buffalo.

So, who's hungry for some buffalo? :-)

Comments

[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

I've been known to go dumpster diving at Herd Thinners, Inc.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

Darn, you can get it for free? I wish I'd known that before I stocked up on buffalo meat at the grocery last week.

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Well, that is odd

Citation?

[graysoul.livejournal.com]

I found a reference to the authorizing federal law but nothing on the specific policy of the Yellowstone management. The federal law says they can dispose of surplus animals and all proceeds go to the treasury. This kind of implies that they expect to receive some money, but how much?