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| Wandering
park bison caught, will be killed
Gazette Staff, Billings Gazette
Novmeber 30, 2004
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bull bison that wandered out of Yellowstone National Park
was captured Monday and will be sent to slaughter.
The bison, which had been repeatedly hazed, was captured
outside Yellowstone's western border in the Upper Bear
Trap area.
Karen Cooper, a spokeswoman for the Montana Department
of Livestock, said the operation is part of an ongoing
state and federal plan to deal with bison that leave the
park. The plan, signed in 2000, is intended to keep bison
away from cattle and reduce the risk of spreading brucellosis,
a contagious disease that can cause cattle to abort.
The bison captured Monday was the subject of complaints
for wandering onto private property, Cooper said.It will
be tested for exposure to brucellosis before it's killed,
Cooper said.
Over the past two months, 110 bison have been hazed back
into Yellowstone by state and federal agents, Cooper said.
Another bull bison was captured and sent to slaughter
on Oct. 19.
The Buffalo Field Campaign, a group that advocates allowing
bison to leave the park, has emphasized that there has
not been a documented case of a wild bison transmitting
brucellosis to cattle.
In a statement Monday, the group said that some local
residents met with government officials last week to say
they wanted the bison to remain in their neighborhood
and that they opposed hazing and slaughter operations."The
war against the buffalo is unjustified and not supported
by area residents," said Mike Mease of the Buffalo
Field Campaign.
After the bison is killed, its head, meat and hide will
be donated to a tribal group.
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