AR-News: (US MT) Bison captured in park headed for slaughter

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By MIKE STARK
Of The Gazette Staff 
Twenty-six bison that were captured on the north end of Yellowstone National 
Park last weekend will be shipped to slaughter today. 
The 26 tested positive on Tuesday for exposure to brucellosis and will be 
handed over to the Montana Department of Livestock to be taken to a 
slaughterhouse, according to Cheryl Matthews, a Yellowstone spokeswoman. 
The bison were among 33 captured in Yellowstone on Saturday as they neared 
the northern border. Seven did not show signs of exposure to the disease, 
according to park officials. Those seven, which include an adult female and six 
calves and yearlings, will remain at the Stephens Creek pen and will be released 
this spring. 
Meanwhile, park officials said 12 more bison were captured Tuesday. By early 
evening, about 33 more had been taken into the pen, according to the Buffalo 
Field Campaign, a bison advocacy group. 




full story:

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/02/25/build
/state/55-bisonslaughter.inc 

 







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