Yellowstone officials kill baby bison due to herd rejection after visitor picked it up
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Yellowstone National Park officials killed a baby bison after a visitor picked it up because its herd would not take it back. The man pushed the calf up from the river and onto a roadway.
Park rangers tried repeatedly to reunite the calf with the herd but were unsuccessful. Visitors saw the calf walking up to and following cars and people, creating a hazard, so park staff killed the animal, according to the statement.
It's the latest example of Yellowstone visitors getting in trouble or hurt after approaching bison. Park officials euthanized a newborn bison after a similar incident in 2016, when a Canadian man and his son put the calf in their SUV, thinking they could rescue it.
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