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bison test positive, sent to slaughter
Associated Press
Billings Gazette
March 17, 2004
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GARDINER,
Mont. - Thirty bison captured this week near
the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park have
tested positive for brucellosis and are being sent to
slaughter, the park said Tuesday.
The bison were among 50 tested Tuesday. Twenty bison tested
negative and were added to the number being held at the
Stephens Creek facility for release in the park this spring,
the park said. Fourteen animals were vaccinated.
Room at the Stephens Creek holding facility is running
out, the park said. Currently, 174 bison that have tested
negative are being held at the site for release this spring,
and the park said only about 26 more could be held there.
Once holding capacity is reached, the park said, "all
remaining bison will be shipped to slaughter without testing."
The bison tested Tuesday were among about 150 animals
captured Sunday and Monday, the park said.
The capture and testing of bison from Yellowstone occurs
under a joint state and federal management plan. An aim
of the plan is to reduce the risk of transmission of brucellosis
from bison to cattle in Montana.
This year, about 457 bison have been captured at the Stephens
Creek site, the park said. So far, 182 bison have been
sent to slaughter, including seven bull bison that were
not tested first, the park said.
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