Yellowstone Bison To Be Culled This Winter

Above, a herd of bison foraging in a riverside meadow in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Winter has come to Yellowstone National Park and with it is the annual culling of Yellowstone bison.

The Daily Inter Lake reported:

National park officials in Wyoming have announced plans for the selective slaughter of between 600 and 900 Yellowstone bison this winter to help manage population numbers. 

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Tuesday that the officials expect most of the animals to be taken by hunters or shipped to slaughter. Some would stay alive in corrals or under park quarantine. 

Officials say the exact number of bison expected to be culled out of the estimated 4,900 depends on the winter migration.

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