Yellowstone starts bison cull as animals migrate to Montana
Bison graze along the Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, near Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. Park officials captured 37 bison that were migrating outside the park and sent most to slaughter under a program that seeks to prevent the animals from spreading disease to cattle in neighboring Montana, a park official said Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Helena Brown via AP)
By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone National Park captured 37 bison that were migrating outside the park and sent most to slaughter as officials began an annual program to cull the animals to prevent them from spreading disease to cattle in neighboring Montana, a park official said Thursday...
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