Over 3,000 sign petition demanding corporate sponsors pull future funding to filmmakers

Filmmakers were criminally charged on Tuesday

Montana Mint calls on Bud Light and Red Bull to take action

National Park lovers were upset when video emerged online this week of four men from the Canadian film making  group SundayFundayz leaving the designated area in Yellowstone to “capture the perfect picture.” On Tuesday, criminal charges were filed and federal arrest warrants were issued.

Also on Tuesday, the Montana Mint established a petition on change.org calling on the group’s corporate partners to pull future funding.  As of this afternoon, the petition had collected over 3,000 signatures. The petition can be found here: https://www.change.org/p/bud-light-pull-corporate-sponsorship-for-the-guys-who-left-the-path-at-yellowstone-national-park

In a since deleted webpage, SundayFundayz claimed to have the backing of corporate sponsors Bud Light and Red Bull, among others.  An archived version of the corporate partnership page can be found here.

Social media and Reddit have helped build momentum behind the Montana Mint petition. The Bud Light and Yellowstone National Park Facebook pages are littered with hundreds of comments regarding the petition.  The petition was the top story for a time on both the r/Montana and r/Wyoming Reddit pages.  

On why they started the petition, a representative from the Montana Mint said, “Like all Montanans, we were shocked when we saw the video of these guys running around in the restricted areas of Yellowstone.  It somehow made it worse to find out their trip was funded through corporate sponsors.  Bud Light, Red Bull, and all of their other sponsors need to take action to demonstrate this type of behavior will not be tolerated.”

On the importance of preserving national parks, a representative from the Montana Mint said, “Our national parks are not amusement parks.  Our ability to enjoy these parks comes with a responsibility to protect them.  Purposely entering a restricted area to get a better picture is selfish behavior that risks damaging these special places for future generations.”

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