A 17-year-old from Colorado is in stable condition after being gored by a bison while walking along a trail at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, according to park officials.
The teenager was a quarter-mile from the Halliday Well Trailhead Saturday morning when they encountered a bison herd, the park said in a news release Sunday.
The teenager's hiking partner was walking ahead of them and waiting at the trailhead, Andes said. Another person in the area also witnessed the attack. The female bison hang out in packs, Andes said, while the bull bison choose mates and wait for their female partners to be ready to do so. While they are waiting, the bull bison often have to fight off other bison from their mate, which most likely what was happening when the teenager was injured, she said.
While the rangers were tending to the injured teenager, they had to keep an eye out for other bison that were in the area, Andes said.
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