NPS Issues Wildlife Warning After Visitors Are Injured by Bison at 2 U.S. Parks “Park staff would like to remind visitors that bison are large, powerful, and wild. They can turn quickly and can easily outrun humans."

Travel + Leisure ^ | July 21, 2023 | Michael Cappetta

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The National Park Service (NPS) is advising visitors to proceed with extra caution as two people were recently injured after interactions with wild bison at both Yellowstone National Park, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

On Monday, a woman from Arizona was charged and gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park.

“The female was walking with another individual in a field in front of the Lake Lodge when they saw two bison," the NPS explained of the incident in a release the NPS shared. "Upon seeing them, the visitors turned to walk away from the bison. One of the bison charged and gored the woman.”

A few days earlier, on Saturday July 15, a Minnesota woman sustained “significant injuries” in the abdomen and foot after an interaction in Roosevelt National Park. The woman, who was last reported to be in serious but stable, condition was treated by Park Rangers and the local Sheriff on the scene before being transported to two different hospitals.

“Park staff send their sincere well wishes to her and her family as she continues to receive care and recover,” the National Park Service said in a statement about the incident.

[Bigg Red]

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The level of writing in this piece is around 2nd grade.

[New Perspective]

[ByteMercenary]

Bison gotta bison - it’s what they do. If the animals happen to add someone to the list of Darwin Awards, manure occureth.

[xp38]

I avoid the animals and the city. Both can be dangerous.

[cyclotic]

We did that at Badlands NP recently. Got some great pictures and slates behind the car.

[KC Burke]

There used to be a Buffalo herd on Fort Riley. Did some training out there and we were in an area where the buffalo decided they did not like our Duece-’nd-Half trucks. One not only bluff charged one but actually rammed it denting a door.

[minnesota_bound]

#34 & 38 Yet a grizzly bear will attack that animal and end up having it as a meal.