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Yellowstone NP Officials Have New Plan to Control Bison

By KFBB News Team

Story Created: Nov 20, 2011 at 10:48 PM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2011 at 11:54 PM MDT

Shoot them, move them or capture them? Officials are still deciding what to do with bison which roam out of Yellowstone National Park into Montana.

Under a new proposal from the park, hunters would be allowed to shoot more than 300 bison as they wander into the Treasure State.

The Associated Press reports that park officials want to reduce the animals population from 3,700 to 3,000.

Earlier this fall, Park County residents expressed public and livestock safety concerns related to migrating bison. Under the new proposal, officials hope to steer clear of the mass slaughters conducted in winters past.

Some Montanans think the bison should be allowed to roam free in the state.

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Anonymous said on Tuesday, Nov 22 at 8:01 AM

These bison are the last wild bison and MT DOL would love doing better than to slaughter them all. Our American Indian tribes have offered to take excess bison for the reservations but NO, can't do that! But it's ok to illegally give Ted Turner 60 bison calves! Who did this! Who Oked it! MT DOL's excuse is brucellosis spreading when we all know that elk, deer, and other animals carry it, elk spread it this year to ID cattle! So why aren't they concerned about that! The bison have NEVER spread brucellosis to cattle, NEVER! It's on record, NEVER! Leave them alone or else give some to the American Indians that's where they belong! Yellowstone park service officials are just as corrupt as the MT DOL! Useless, all useless!

Anonymous said on Monday, Nov 21 at 9:05 AM

I think they should be able to roam free this is thier land as long as they don't become a nuisance to society they are beautiful

Oregon Trail said on Monday, Nov 21 at 8:30 AM

Even if the hunters shoot 300 bison, they will only be able to carry 200 lbs of food back to their wagon.

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