Well, the folks at the National Park Service are urging you, begging you, harshly warning you to leave the bison alone.
Even if you do find a baby one wandering around and load him into your car, thinking the poor calf is cold.
That's what a father-son duo did a couple of days ago at Yellowstone National Park when they spotted a newborn bison and thought it was cold and lost.
Wrong move.
Rangers called their "good intentions" misplaced. Because what happened after the pair drove the calf to a park facility is where the "road to hell" part comes in.
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So the herd and the mother rejected the calf, and euthanization was the only option? Articles implies the decision to euthanize was made pretty dam quickly.
How about feeding and taking care of it for a bit, and try reintroducing later to same herd....or maybe another herd.
I bet an eagle with a broken wing, is taken to the vet, cared for, and released once healthy.
Are there such an abundance of bison calves, it's no big deal in killing one?
Or...Maybe give calf to a rancher, a zoo or some other wildlife preserve.
yes 1:28 I wondered the same. why did they kill it.
Leave the animals where you find them. Then call the rangers if you think that there's something that needs doing. That's their job, not yours.
From Yellowstone National Park:
Thanks to everyone who's taken the time to read this post and share our safety messages. We're reading through your comments and noticed many people asking why the calf had to be euthanized.
In order to ship the calf out of the park, it would have had to go through months of quarantine to be monitored for brucellosis. No approved quarantine facilities exist at this time, and we don't have the capacity to care for a calf that's too young to forage on its own. Nor is it the mission of the National Park Service to rescue animals: our goal is to maintain the ecological processes of Yellowstone. Even though humans were involved in this case, it is not uncommon for bison, especially young mothers, to lose or abandon their calves. Those animals typically die of starvation or predation.
LEAVE PARK WILDLIFE ALONE!
2:51, That's a load of crap. Each accredited Zoo has the ability to quarantine such an animal. I should have rejected your comment but instead I'll let the good hearted people here say their peace.
I am with Joe on this one.
That bison calf was used to prove a point. Just like deer are in Maryland if you try to domicile them.
Why didn't they nurse it through it's growth?
Nature should be allowed to take its course. If the calf died, that would have provided a food source for the scavengers. Nutrients would have been provided for the soil. It is the circle of life.
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