Baby
bison euthanized after tourists kidnapped it
because it
looked cold
The National Parks Service
an**unced on Monday that the
bison calf captured by
tourists last week was euthanized.*
Mashable reported Sunday
that a father and son kidnapped a
bison calf, placed it in their SUV and brought it to*
Lamar Buffalo Ranch in Wyoming last Monday,
because they said that it
looked cold and they feared for its wellbeing.
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"[P]ark rangers tried repeatedly to reunite the newborn
bison calf with the herd. These efforts failed,"*the National Parks Service wrote in a post on
its website. "The
bison calf was later
euthanized because it was abandoned and causing a dangerous situation by continually approaching people and cars along the roadway."
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