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Yellowstone National Park says encounter between park visitor and bison calf forced authorities to euthanize animal
CNN ^ | May 24, 2023 | Sara Smart

Posted on 05/24/2023 6:34:19 AM PDT by lowbridge

Officials at Yellowstone National Park say they were forced to put down a newborn bison calf after another unfortunate encounter between a park visitor and wildlife, according to a release from the National Park Service.

On Saturday evening, an unidentified man disturbed a bison calf after it was separated from its mother and herd when crossing the Lamar River in the park, the news release said.

“As the calf struggled, the man pushed the calf up from the river and onto the roadway,” NPS said in the news release.

Park regulations state that people need to stay at least 25 yards away from bison, elk and most other wildlife and 100 yards away from bears and wolves. Approaching wild animals can affect their well-being and their survival, NPS said.

The calf was later seen by visitors walking up to and following both cars and people, creating a hazard for those nearby, NPS said.

“Interference by people can cause wildlife to reject their offspring,” NPS said. After park rangers failed in their attempt to reunite the calf with its herd,they decided to euthanize the calf as “it was abandoned by its herd and was causing a hazardous situation to approaching cars and people along the roadway,” the news release said.

Yellowstone National Park released an image of the unidentified man lifting the bison calf from the river in the press release.

If found guilty of any wrongdoing, the man could be charged with a Class B misdemeanor and could face up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine, Yellowstone National Park told CNN. The charge would include disturbing wildlife, disorderly conduct, and approaching wildlife, the park added.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bison; nonsense; yellowstone
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To: lowbridge

Stupid, stupid people.


21 posted on 05/24/2023 7:07:08 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Veal


22 posted on 05/24/2023 7:07:34 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: lowbridge

Meanwhile back to the US Souther Boarder…. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents seen helping hundreds of illegals…. 🧐🧐🧐


23 posted on 05/24/2023 7:10:27 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Vigilanteman
Are they going to hunt down and euthanize the mother because she will probably get mastitis?

They should probably euthanize the whole herd to prevent something like this from happening again.

24 posted on 05/24/2023 7:15:14 AM PDT by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: Vigilanteman
I've got to wonder if the NPS genius who made this decision every spent any time on a farm or ranch.

We're talking government here so, no.

25 posted on 05/24/2023 7:16:32 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: marktwain

A problem which could’ve been solved by one local cowboy on horseback with a whip or cattle prod. Or one ranger in an ATV who knew how to run the calf off.


26 posted on 05/24/2023 7:26:04 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: BipolarBob

Did I read it wrong? Didn’t the intruder save the calf?


27 posted on 05/24/2023 7:28:44 AM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: RWGinger

The calf was euthanized. The rules are for the calf to save itself or perish.


28 posted on 05/24/2023 7:36:43 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I was going to start procrastinating this year, I just haven't got around to it.)
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To: aynrandfreak

It “was causing a hazardous situation to approaching cars and people along the roadway,”

The excuse they used to make the least effort possible.

It also tells you that the buffalo herd is doing very well and this is just culling for numbers control.


29 posted on 05/24/2023 8:00:32 AM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: budj

30 posted on 05/24/2023 8:22:22 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: lowbridge

One of the job requirements for Yellowstone Officials appears to be that the applicant must be a danger to himself, others, small animals, and be pathologically stupid.


31 posted on 05/24/2023 8:23:12 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: lowbridge

That’s the government’s solution to everything...kill it.


32 posted on 05/24/2023 8:54:35 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: lowbridge

They couldn’t have given it to a rancher and allow it to become food in the future?


33 posted on 05/24/2023 9:02:38 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (Repent, turn back to your first Love. If you do well you will be blessed, if not...America 2023)
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To: lowbridge

Idiots. Many years ago a friend worked for the forest service at Sequoia Park. He quit after a few years. The final straw was coming upon a tourist who was attempting to push a black bear into the driver seat of his car next to his wife so he could get a photo. That’s what he said anyhow.

I was at Yellowstone a few years back and saw other insanity. Like tourists walking up to a Moose cow to get closeups.


34 posted on 05/24/2023 9:03:59 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Ex-Con777

My thoughts exactly, there are private herds, it could have been raised like a domestic calf. Why kill it? Seems crueler than the man who thought he was doing the right thing and saving the calf.


35 posted on 05/24/2023 10:13:27 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
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To: BipolarBob

” The rules are for the calf to save itself or perish.”
We need to make up some rules for whoever made up that rule don’t we?


36 posted on 05/24/2023 10:18:08 AM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

Hard to imagine euthanasia was the only option.

37 posted on 05/24/2023 10:47:21 AM PDT by SJackson (he who controls the schools, controls the world, 1870s France)
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To: OldGoatCPO

I know. There are adoptive animal situations all the time. I don’t buy the park services bs. Plus a lot of the headlines by the government-loving media are making it seem like he touched the animal just to get a pic.


38 posted on 05/24/2023 11:23:38 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: lowbridge

Wonder why they never considered taking it to a wildlife rehabilitation facility......


39 posted on 05/24/2023 12:10:54 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Mother said don't put beans in your ears)
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To: marktwain
In the alternative. They could have sent it to an wild animal rescue center and be given to someone who had a herd of buffalo. It is very common for female wild animals to adopt the young of others. In fact there was a case where a wild cheetah adopted a wild antelope, going so far as to protect it against other cheetahs. For an alternative view, sometimes mothers cast off their off spring when they sense something is wrong with their calf, e.g. malformed.

In the old days ( earlier than 1980) some park ranger would have taken it home and their kid would have had a pet. In the 1970s, someone made a short 15 minute film about all of the pets that park rangers had. The film show a complete menagerie of wild pets, to include buffalo and elk (no grizzlies though).

40 posted on 05/24/2023 12:52:19 PM PDT by fini
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