Professional Soldiers ® - View Single Post - Yellowstone officials propose to kill 1,000 bison this winter

mark46th · 11-19-2015, 17:30

The problem with the buffalo is that they carry Brucellosis. It doesn't affect the buffalo but if they come into contact with cattle, Brucellosis causes cattle to abort their calves. In the winter, the buffalo do what buffalo do and migrate outside the Park boundries where they can come into contact with cattle.

Culling buffalo herds is not uncommon. Other parks like Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota have a hunt that is available to the public.

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mark46th Quiet Professional Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Orange, Ca. Posts: 4,950	The problem with the buffalo is that they carry Brucellosis. It doesn't affect the buffalo but if they come into contact with cattle, Brucellosis causes cattle to abort their calves. In the winter, the buffalo do what buffalo do and migrate outside the Park boundries where they can come into contact with cattle. Culling buffalo herds is not uncommon. Other parks like Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota have a hunt that is available to the public. Last edited by mark46th; 11-19-2015 at 17:32.
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