Bison

More than 1,000 bison were removed from Yellowstone National Park this winter as part of population control.

A man who chained himself to a concrete-filled barrel in an effort to prevent trucks from hauling Yellowstone National Park bison to slaughter has pleaded guilty.

A judge has ordered three bison activists arrested in Yellowstone National Park to be detained until at least Monday.

Yellowstone National Park officials say rangers arrested two people who were trying to chain themselves to a corral where wild bison are held.

Montana wildlife officials say 70 bison have been shot by hunters so far this year. The Billings Gazette reported Thursday that 59 of those bison were killed on the west side near West Yellowstone, while 11 were killed in the Gardiner area.

The correct way to handle an encounter with bison is to pull off to the right if possible, shut your engines off and stand as still as you can, using your motorized vehicle as a barrier.

Bison managers expect between 600 and 900 of the animals at Yellowstone National Park will be culled this winter by hunting or slaughter.

A recently released Yellowstone National Park bison status report says officials are looking to cap this winter's cull of bison at 1,250.

Yellowstone National Park biologists say bison numbers are down from last year after its largest cull in nearly a decade. Parks spokesman Jonathan Shafer said in an email that biologists' surveys counted about 4,800 bison that live in the park, 700 less than last year.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A new study says wildlife managers should worry more about elk than bison as they seek to reduce the transmission of brucellosis to cattle in the area around Yellowstone National Park.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Riders on horseback are nudging bison on Utah's Antelope Island in an annual roundup of one of the country's largest and oldest public herds.