Yellowstone National Park staff euthanized a newborn bison calf that was separated from its herd and subsequently interacted with and was disturbed by a human visitor.
On Saturday, the newborn calf got separated from its herd as the throng crossed the Lamar River near its confluence with Soda Butte Creek in Wyoming. The struggling calf and its mother were calling to each other at the time.“The calf was shivering and noticeably stressed,” witness Carrie Paulson told the Cowboy State Daily newspaper.
The man pushed the calf up away from the creek and onto a roadway. The newborn bison, however, imprinted on its surroundings due to the disturbance and was seen following cars and people along the roadway. Since it was rejected, and since it posed a safety hazard by trying to go into the road to interact further with humans, rangers euthanized the calf.
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