A herd of bison grazes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park on Aug. 3, 2016. Yellowstone National Park officials say they had to kill a newborn bison because its herd wouldn’t take the animal back after a man picked it up. Park officials say in a statement the calf became separated from its mother when the herd crossed the Lamar River in northeastern Yellowstone on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
May 25, 2023
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Yellowstone baby bison put to death after visitor picks it up, leading herd to reject it
The unidentified man pushed the struggling calf up from the river and onto a roadway, park officials said in a news release