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| Yellowstone Tourists Put Bison Calf In Car Because They’re Worried It’s Cold |
| 2016-05-16 |
| [EASTIDAHONEWS] We’ve heard a lot about tourists trying to touch wildlife at Yellowstone National Park but this story takes personal encounters with animals a bit further. Karen Richardson of Victor, Idaho, was one of several parents chaperoning a group of fifth-graders on a field trip to Yellowstone this week. Richardson says on Monday, as students were being taught at Lamar Buffalo Ranch, a father and son pulled up at the ranger station with a bison calf in their SUV. "They were demanding to speak with a ranger," Richardson tells EastIdahoNews.com. "They were seriously worried that the calf was freezing and dying." Rob Heusevelet, a father of a student, told the men to remove the bison from their car and warned they could be in trouble for having the animal. "They didn’t care," Heusevelet says. "They sincerely thought they were doing a service and helping that calf by trying to save it from the cold." Law enforcement rangers were called and the father-and-son tourists, who were from another country, were ticketed. Heusevelet says the rangers followed the pair back to where they had picked up the bison, and the animal was released. Yellowstone visitors are not allowed to approach wildlife and are to stay at least 25 yards away from large animals, according to the National Park Service website. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 We poor little bison-Americans, Deprived of our culture's inheritance: They kidnap and warm us -- Injustice enormous! Sheer simian privilege and arrogance. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-05-16 22:57 |
| #12 UPDATE: The calf had to later be euthanized because it was no longer welcome in the herd and would approach people on the highway. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-05-16 20:21 |
| #11 I think I've herd it all now. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-05-16 17:25 |
| #10 I would have suggested they drive into the herd to find its mommy. For anyone tempted to try this, I suggest getting a bison vaccine shot so you will have herd immunity. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-05-16 16:07 |
| #9 Dunno. City folk can be....amazing...at times. "They sincerely thought they were doing a service and helping that calf by trying to save it from the cold." At which point I would have suggested they drive into the herd to find its mommy. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-05-16 15:27 |
| #8 I doubt they were Canadians. Canadians shouldn't be so stupid about wild animals surviving in the cold. I'm guessing European. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-05-16 14:50 |
| #7 And then there's the guy who thinks it would be really cool to take a picture of his five-year old sitting on a bison. |
| Posted by: Matt 2016-05-16 09:33 |
| #6 Good thing they didn't try that with a bear cub. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-05-16 09:30 |
| #5 Tourists from another country. SanFran? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-16 09:04 |
| #4 The mother (Bison) must not have been around when these fools did this or their vehicle (and they) would look less than pristine. Driving very slowly on a Wind Cave area road amongst a small herd, our car came between a mother and her calf. The mom bellowed and charged the car (until she heard her calf's call from the other side of the road). Thought we were toast for a bit. They move VERY quickly. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-05-16 08:41 |
| #3 "from another country" ? Where? EUroweeny or Canada ? French? No? Where? |
| Posted by: Guillibaldo Bonaparte6548 2016-05-16 08:34 |
| #2 Tourists from another country. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-05-16 08:32 |
| #1 Fluffy bunny syndrome strikes again. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-05-16 00:10 |