Yosemite, the Southern Sierra Nevada & Death Valley

Photo courtesy Buffalo Field Campaign290 slaughtered in the last two weeks, in an effort to contain a brucellosis outbreak on the Northern edge of Yellowstone National Park. Another 60 shipped Thursday. Bison advocates and local landowners claim the slaughter is unnecessary.

AP News.

NPS bison page.

"Bison Killed to Protect Nonexistent Cattle," Environmental News Service.

Update on March 8, 2008 by

Number captured climbs to 889. The AP Story.

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