Yellowstone
starts bison cull as animals migrate to Montana
Interstate Farm and Ranch, March 4, 2022
BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone
National Park captured 37 bison that were migrating outside
the park and sent most to slaughter as officials began an
annual program to cull the animals to prevent them from
spreading disease to cattle in neighboring Montana, a park
official said Thursday.
Officials are aiming to remove up to
900 of Yellowstone’s 5,000 bison this winter through
slaughter, relocations and hunting. The goal is to keep the
park’s herds from growing and prevent the spread of the
disease brucellosis, under an agreement between state,
federal and tribal officials.
Twenty-seven of the bison captured
over the past week were sent to the Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes for slaughter and will provide food for
tribal members, Yellowstone bison coordinator Tim Reid said
Thursday.
Six of the captured bison, also known
as buffalo, will be held in quarantine for future relocation
to tribal lands and four calves were released, Reid said.
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