GARDINER, MONTANA – Yellowstone National Park officials captured 53 wild American bison this morning inside the Stephens Creek bison trap located within Yellowstone National Park’s borders. The captured bison are members of the last wild, genetically intact population existing in the United States, and number fewer than 4,600. Most, if not all, will be sent to slaughter without being tested for brucellosis antibodies.
February 9, 2008
Yellowstone National Park captures 53 of America’s last wild bison
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My life-long dream has been to work as a Yellowstone ranger in order to help protect the amazing wild lands, creatures, and geologic features that the American people have entrusted to the care of the Park Service.
News like this and some of the video I have seen have brought me to the sad conclusion that my dream was more of a fairy tale. In reality, as a Yellowstone ranger I would be forced to help slaughter the very bison I would supposedly be entrusted to protect.
A sad state of affairs indeed.
Comment by disillusioned park ranger — February 9, 2008 @ 3:24 pm