Richest country in the world can not afford to put one baby bison in a zoo bc the bison was
causing a hazardous situation by approaching cars and people along the roadway
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Yellowstone National Park staff killed a newborn bison after a visitor helped it cross a river, an apparent rescue effort that prompted the calf’s herd to reject the animal, park officials said Tuesday.
The calf had been separated from its mother when the herd crossed a river in a northern section of the park on Saturday, Yellowstone said in a news release.
As the calf struggled to cross the river, the man approached the animal and pushed it up from the river and onto a roadway, the release says.
Visitors later saw the calf walk up to cars and people and follow them, according to the release.
Park rangers tried repeatedly to reunite the calf with the herd, but the efforts failed, according to the release, which notes that interference from people can cause wildlife to reject their offspring.
After the failed reunification efforts, park staff killed the newborn “because it was abandoned by the herd and causing a hazardous situation by approaching cars and people along the roadway,” the release says.
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/whyyellowstonedoesnotrescuewildlife.htm
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just had to kill it, no other options, couldn't even see if a rich person would rescue it or just give to a Chinese zoo or whoever else would take it, I can't imagine that no nation in the world would want a bison in their zoo and I think it getting fat in a zoo getting attention from keepers is not optimal, but infinitely better than just murdering it
I don’t know if this is a Yellowstone thing or just a National Parks thing, but the policy is to be as hands off as possible, and this feels like an extension of that.
It's not ideal but in my opinion that thing was meant to die by drowning. Poor thing of course and I know I'd find it hard not to take the little fella home, but I think a zoo is also a horrible way to go most of the time. I think killing it was perhaps humane. I just hope they left the carcass out for some wolves or buried it in the ground for the plants.
