Yellowstone Investigates Illegal Release of 52 Park Bison From Quarantine

Yellowstone National Park law enforcement officials are now investigating possible criminal trespass and tampering that resulted in the release of 52 wild bison being held in quarantine at the park’s Stephens Creek corral facility located just inside Yellowstone’s northern border.

The acts, which occurred sometime prior to the morning of Tuesday, January 16, are seen as a setback to efforts by Yellowstone to keep more migrating park bison alive and potentially used as seed stock to build a new wild herd on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation as well as other potential release sites in the future.

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