Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
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Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tou ... ne-n574461
Every time I go to Yellowstone there's more of these type. Injuries from the buffalo are becoming more prevalent due to selfie incidents etc. Despite the billboard sized signs all over the park stating keep 25 feet away. I live in the middle of buffalo ranchers and they won't go near them unless they are in a truck or on a fast ATV. The calf had obviously been abandoned and was already wolf food.
Every time I go to Yellowstone there's more of these type. Injuries from the buffalo are becoming more prevalent due to selfie incidents etc. Despite the billboard sized signs all over the park stating keep 25 feet away. I live in the middle of buffalo ranchers and they won't go near them unless they are in a truck or on a fast ATV. The calf had obviously been abandoned and was already wolf food.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
"They didn't care," Heusevelet told the news site. "They sincerely thought they were doing a service and helping that calf by trying to save it from the cold."
They didn't "think"; they "felt". Modus operandi of the left. Results are always the same...
They didn't "think"; they "felt". Modus operandi of the left. Results are always the same...
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I think it's funny they thought it was cold in Yellowstone right now. They have no clue how cold it gets there in winter.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
That baby Bison had to be put down because of their ignorance:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/17/ba ... r-suv.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/17/ba ... r-suv.html
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
We encountered a blacktail fawn a few years ago that had just been hit by a passing car on a county road outside of town. Its back was broken and it was in excruciating pain. Once a deputy arrived a few minutes later, he took stock of the scene and decided to solve the issue by putting the poor critter out of its misery with a single shot to the head after we dragged it off the road into a roadside ditch.
You should have seen the outcry. A couple of ignorant suburban soccer moms went bat-stuff crazy even though he and I kept telling them the deer was past rescue and needed to be put down. One kept insisting that she had called a local veterinarian who could take a look.
People are just plain stupid when it comes to cute fuzzy animals.
You should have seen the outcry. A couple of ignorant suburban soccer moms went bat-stuff crazy even though he and I kept telling them the deer was past rescue and needed to be put down. One kept insisting that she had called a local veterinarian who could take a look.
People are just plain stupid when it comes to cute fuzzy animals.
Some people just need a sympathetic pat on the head.....with a hammer. Repeatedly.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
Had to shoot a cow once after a tractor-trailer accident... roaming around downtown after being blinded... Mayor wanted me arrested.stew71 wrote:We encountered a blacktail fawn a few years ago that had just been hit by a passing car on a county road outside of town. Its back was broken and it was in excruciating pain. Once a deputy arrived a few minutes later, he took stock of the scene and decided to solve the issue by putting the poor critter out of its misery with a single shot to the head after we dragged it off the road into a roadside ditch.
You should have seen the outcry. A couple of ignorant suburban soccer moms went bat-stuff crazy even though he and I kept telling them the deer was past rescue and needed to be put down. One kept insisting that she had called a local veterinarian who could take a look.
People are just plain stupid when it comes to cute fuzzy animals.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
Were you trying to field dress it at Broad & High Streets....Griff wrote:Had to shoot a cow once after a tractor-trailer accident... roaming around downtown after being blinded... Mayor wanted me arrested.stew71 wrote:We encountered a blacktail fawn a few years ago that had just been hit by a passing car on a county road outside of town. Its back was broken and it was in excruciating pain. Once a deputy arrived a few minutes later, he took stock of the scene and decided to solve the issue by putting the poor critter out of its misery with a single shot to the head after we dragged it off the road into a roadside ditch.
You should have seen the outcry. A couple of ignorant suburban soccer moms went bat-stuff crazy even though he and I kept telling them the deer was past rescue and needed to be put down. One kept insisting that she had called a local veterinarian who could take a look.
People are just plain stupid when it comes to cute fuzzy animals.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
Ya gotta listen to Jerry Clower's "Uncle Versy's trial". Sounds just like your situation. It's a hoot. I'd post a link but have no clue how to do it.Griff wrote:Had to shoot a cow once after a tractor-trailer accident... roaming around downtown after being blinded... Mayor wanted me arrested.stew71 wrote:We encountered a blacktail fawn a few years ago that had just been hit by a passing car on a county road outside of town. Its back was broken and it was in excruciating pain. Once a deputy arrived a few minutes later, he took stock of the scene and decided to solve the issue by putting the poor critter out of its misery with a single shot to the head after we dragged it off the road into a roadside ditch.
You should have seen the outcry. A couple of ignorant suburban soccer moms went bat-stuff crazy even though he and I kept telling them the deer was past rescue and needed to be put down. One kept insisting that she had called a local veterinarian who could take a look.
People are just plain stupid when it comes to cute fuzzy animals.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqw4IayN1AIDaisyman wrote:Ya gotta listen to Jerry Clower's "Uncle Versy's trial". Sounds just like your situation. It's a hoot. I'd post a link but have no clue how to do it.Griff wrote:Had to shoot a cow once after a tractor-trailer accident... roaming around downtown after being blinded... Mayor wanted me arrested.stew71 wrote:We encountered a blacktail fawn a few years ago that had just been hit by a passing car on a county road outside of town. Its back was broken and it was in excruciating pain. Once a deputy arrived a few minutes later, he took stock of the scene and decided to solve the issue by putting the poor critter out of its misery with a single shot to the head after we dragged it off the road into a roadside ditch.
You should have seen the outcry. A couple of ignorant suburban soccer moms went bat-stuff crazy even though he and I kept telling them the deer was past rescue and needed to be put down. One kept insisting that she had called a local veterinarian who could take a look.
People are just plain stupid when it comes to cute fuzzy animals.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
I don't think the bison calf "had" to be put down. I think those that made the decision to put the calf down were a bunch of F---------ng morons(pardon my language). I am sure that there was someone with a bison ranch or a native american tribe that would have taken that calf and bottle fed it and raised it. I sure had to do that when I was young and one of grandads cows had a calf and the cow would reject the calf for some reason.
I think they put the calf down just to make a point so others wouldn't do what those others did and put the calf in the van.
I think they put the calf down just to make a point so others wouldn't do what those others did and put the calf in the van.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
Read the article. The buffalo in Yellowstone have brucellosis which requires long term quarantine before being released out of the park which means care and feeding. The park does not have those facilities. They simply let nature take its course and so far are very successful as the many species that flourish there attest to. That calf was wolf food before the citiots put it in their car. It had been abandoned by the herd.
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Saddens me they say they put the calf down, as mentioned.. to prevent others from doing same. Maybe if I dream hard enough the calf is alive a well in a buffalo witness protection program. Just seem like a terrible waste of the national mammal if they didn't save it
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City folk completely clueless of what happens outside "urban America". "Oh, that poor baby is cold!". Some of the answers here have shown the same ignorance...
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Said park has managed a small population of buffalo into several large healthy herds. Rest assured there are plenty of healthy national mammals to see there. Nature is cruel and weeds out the weak. Man sympathizes with the weak. Saving that calf and re introducing it later would have most likely weakened the genes the park has been promoting through natural selection instead of misguided emotional responses by the ignorant. Yellowstone wolves kill hundreds of buffalo and elk calves every year, I've watched them do it while listening to other visitors wringing their hands and asking if the Rangers were going to stop it. Are you sad for those too?Bronco wrote:Saddens me they say they put the calf down, as mentioned.. to prevent others from doing same. Maybe if I dream hard enough the calf is alive a well in a buffalo witness protection program. Just seem like a terrible waste of the national mammal if they didn't save it
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I blame Disney.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
If only we could get every carload of bleeding heart tourists to "RESCUE" a wolf or two it should solve a lot of problems... Just thinking....
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
I read an article that said the tourists that picked up the calf were fined, and that the calf was put down for multiple reasons, including rejection by the herd, and after contact with humans it would not stay away from humans and kept going to tourists.
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I am of the same opinion of sore shoulder and
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Yea, they were each (father and son) fined $110, and further charges may be pending. Yellowstone has been doing an excellent job of deterring human interaction with the animals. 20 years ago you couldn't drive through the park without having to stop to avoid running over a bear. Now if you see one you are lucky. This has been very good for the bears and mitigating bad interactions with humans. I wouldn't doubt that a tourist had fed the calf in the past, which encouraged it to continue approaching humans for food. I'm very glad to see the parks service is unapologetic for their actions. Nature doesn't have rehab and rescue centers. It has prey and predators.
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Like put a full grown wolf in their mini-van? I'd pay to see that...Les Staley wrote:If only we could get every carload of bleeding heart tourists to "RESCUE" a wolf or two it should solve a lot of problems... Just thinking....
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jeepnik wrote:I blame Disney.
My favorite Disney characters. Irritates the stuff out of my wife and daughter when I say they are just misunderstood.
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$110 seems like a miscarriage of justice.
In some states if you poach an animal you get a fine plus you have to make restitution to the state for the value of the animal. That part can be kind of pricey.
In some states if you poach an animal you get a fine plus you have to make restitution to the state for the value of the animal. That part can be kind of pricey.
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I guess what saddens me is the animal was put down because of the stupidity of humans, not natural events.
Another thing I do not understand is that others get personal in attacking those who's post they disagree with !
Not referring to sore shoulder's response to me but other responses.
This place is supposed to high class and I love it here. The personal attacks just lower the bar so to speak.
Another thing I do not understand is that others get personal in attacking those who's post they disagree with !
Not referring to sore shoulder's response to me but other responses.
This place is supposed to high class and I love it here. The personal attacks just lower the bar so to speak.
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What personal attacks? I didn't see anything like that. Maybe the thread has been tidied up?Bronco wrote:I guess what saddens me is the animal was put down because of the stupidity of humans, not natural events.
Another thing I do not understand is that others get personal in attacking those who's post they disagree with !
Not referring to sore shoulder's response to me but other responses.
This place is supposed to high class and I love it here. The personal attacks just lower the bar so to speak.
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+192&94 wrote:What personal attacks? I didn't see anything like that. Maybe the thread has been tidied up?Bronco wrote:I guess what saddens me is the animal was put down because of the stupidity of humans, not natural events.
Another thing I do not understand is that others get personal in attacking those who's post they disagree with !
Not referring to sore shoulder's response to me but other responses.
This place is supposed to high class and I love it here. The personal attacks just lower the bar so to speak.
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Re: Tourists in Yellowstone "rescue" baby bison.
While it may be more prevalent now, I distinctly remember going to Yellowstone as a kid in the early 90s and witnessing some foreign tourists trying to get close enough to pet a wild bison. When the bison got close enough to the people it started freaking out and tried to tear apart a new little pine tree. People visiting parks have always been ignorant of wild animals.