Going to Yellowstone? Don't do this...
I do not know what to think other than misguided animal rights activists perhaps. 2 Yellowstone visitors reportedly take bison calf for a ride in SUV Two tourists took a bison calf for a ride ...
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Tom/Mary Lou wrote:
I haven't even read all here but have read a lot on FB today. Frankly I am amazed at the posts critical of the park service. We were in Yellowstone last July and were amazed every day, all day at the examples of imbecilic human behavior. Anyone with even one brain cell should be able to tell a bison is not something to play with. I witnessed one park ranger literally running around one of the geyser stops trying to keep the idiot visitors from petting bull bisons in rut. While it is sad the calf had to be put down those responsible are the idiot visitors not the NPS. I kinda think they may know more about animal management than most of us.
Actually the stupid ones helped the Park Service, the herd is way to big for the land they have to graze. the park service kills a couple hundred each year.
That Calf could have been given to any of the thousands of buffalo farmers and raised on the bottle. then in 5-6 years, it could have been sold for $6-8000.
Buffalo is meat, expensive meat, for those heart patients that require very low cholesterol meat.
But oh hell no, park rules and all that. (bang) What's for supper.
