Friday, 10 December 2021

900 bison at Yellowstone to be relocated, slaughtered or shot by hunters this winter

900 bison at Yellowstone to be relocated, slaughtered or shot by hunters this winter

Officials have agreed to allow as many as 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park to be shot by hunters, sent to slaughter or placed in quarantine this winter in a program that seeks to prevent the animals from spreading a disease to cattle. An additional 200 bison among the park’s more than 5,000 bison could be captured or hunted in the late winter if those numbers are met, federal, tribal and state officials agreed in a meeting Wednesday.

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