This article is from the source 'nytimes' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/us/yellowstone-bison-calf-is-euthanized-after-trip-in-tourists-trunk.html
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Yellowstone Bison Calf Is Euthanized After Riding in Tourists’ S.U.V. | |
| (about 17 hours later) | |
| At Yellowstone National Park, officials are used to issuing warnings to the public each time a visitor is injured by a bison. The animals hurt more tourists than any other animal at the park. | At Yellowstone National Park, officials are used to issuing warnings to the public each time a visitor is injured by a bison. The animals hurt more tourists than any other animal at the park. |
| But this time, it was a newborn bison calf that suffered. | But this time, it was a newborn bison calf that suffered. |
| On Monday, officials said that the calf had been euthanized a week after visitors picked the animal up and put it in the back of an S.U.V. The calf was killed because it was later rejected by its herd and appeared to have been habituated to humans, Morgan Warthin of the National Park Service wrote in a statement. | |
| “The bison calf was later euthanized because it was abandoned and causing a dangerous situation by continually approaching people and cars along the roadway,” Ms. Warthin wrote. | “The bison calf was later euthanized because it was abandoned and causing a dangerous situation by continually approaching people and cars along the roadway,” Ms. Warthin wrote. |
| On Sunday, Karen Richardson, a resident of Victor, Idaho, told NBC Montana that two tourists had taken the calf to a ranger station because they thought the animal was cold. Ms. Richardson, who was nearby, took a photo of the animal as it stood in the back of a vehicle. | |
| Officials at Yellowstone have used blunt language and signs to warn visitors to steer clear of the animals, often called American buffalo, the nickname given to them by early explorers and settlers, though they are distinct from the species of Africa and Asia. | Officials at Yellowstone have used blunt language and signs to warn visitors to steer clear of the animals, often called American buffalo, the nickname given to them by early explorers and settlers, though they are distinct from the species of Africa and Asia. |
| Visitors to the park are given a bright yellow flier that depicts a person getting gored by a bison. But the charms of the bison have proved hard to resist. Last July, a woman was tossed by a bison after trying to take a selfie with one. She was one of five people to be injured by bison last summer. In the statement on Monday, park officials cited two viral videos in which visitors had approached bison. | Visitors to the park are given a bright yellow flier that depicts a person getting gored by a bison. But the charms of the bison have proved hard to resist. Last July, a woman was tossed by a bison after trying to take a selfie with one. She was one of five people to be injured by bison last summer. In the statement on Monday, park officials cited two viral videos in which visitors had approached bison. |
| Last week, President Obama signed a law that made the bison, the largest mammal in North America, the first official mammal of the United States. Population numbers for the animals have dwindled over the years, but officials at Yellowstone estimate that the bison population there fluctuates from 2,300 to 5,000 animals, depending on breeding patterns. | Last week, President Obama signed a law that made the bison, the largest mammal in North America, the first official mammal of the United States. Population numbers for the animals have dwindled over the years, but officials at Yellowstone estimate that the bison population there fluctuates from 2,300 to 5,000 animals, depending on breeding patterns. |