I’m sure you’ve probably seen on the internet about some people going to a national park and they saw a bison calf that appeared cold to them. The people loaded the bison calf up into their SUV and brought it to the ranger’s station. It states strictly that people are suppose to stay a certain amount of feet away from the animals in the park. Now a person definitely isn’t suppose to put them in their vehicle.
Once the bison calf was returned to the rangers and put with it’s mom, the mom then abandoned it. Apparently the momma could sense human smell on her calf. The national park then euthanized the poor bison calf!!!
I know that there are animals that live other places other than their own habitat. I also have seen where animals that have been abandoned by their mom have been kept alive with tender, loving care from a human. I don’t know why the rangers couldn’t take the bison calf some where that it could have been taken care of or they could have at least tried. They didn’t have to euthanize it!!
You can read about it here http://youdontknowfootball.com/2016/05/park-service-bison-calf-euthanized-after-tourists-put-it-in238254/
There have been incidences where animals have been able to adapt to other surroundings. In fact when I was on the truck with my husband we stopped at The Tiger Truck Stop by Baton Rouge, Louisiana where they have a Bengal-Siberian tiger. Now you wouldn’t expect to see a tiger at a truck stop, but I was a witness to it!! It had been there for quite some time and had adjusted.
Also, why didn’t the rangers try to play “adopted” mom? I know last summer in our garden, there was a young momma rabbit that abandoned her babies in my cucumber patch. Our dog found them, so instead of just letting them starve to death, I tried to save them by feeding them. Apparently they were just born, it took the one 7 days and it had it’s eyes open. Even though the one lasted that long, they ALL died, but at least I tried!! Why didn’t these rangers at least try themselves or taken them some where that they might have had a chance?
Do you think the rangers should have euthanized this bison calf just because some people didn’t follow rules of the park and were in contact with it? Couldn’t the rangers have done something besides kill it?
~Peace~
photo courtesy of the link provided above
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That's a very sad story, and I tend to believe that the rangers might have had other options rather than euthanize the poor bison calf. Anyway, I hope many people who read about this event will learn something from it and will avoid doing the same things as those people. Sometimes we can do a lot of harm even if we have good intentions.
I agree with you.
Why can't the rangers put the calf under human care since it is the natural habit of the mommy to abandon it?
humans still can bottle feed the calf.
It is cruel to put the calf to death since it is innocent and still a baby.
It is utterly unfair to the poor animal.
As for the visitor, I am sure that he had a deep regret for trying to be kind to the calf.
In addition, the rangers should put up a sign everywhere that visitors are not allowed to touch these wild animals, maybe put up a row of barb wires or something !
rest in peace calfy !
I think that was such a cruel act. The calf should have been taken in instead.
What could they bd thinking? Arent they suppose to guard and protect?
I think they should bring the calf to a zoo.
At least the calf will have experienced caretaker for it.
I can understand that the rangers are not qualified and do not have the resources to look after a young calf, though I cannot understand why they do not ask the zoo to help out.
Bison display five apparent defense strategies in protecting calves from wolves: running to a cow, running to a herd, running to the nearest bull, running in the front or center of a stampeding herd, and entering water bodies such as lakes or rivers.
Last night I read in an old book that zoo animals attack the visitors mercilessly if someone goes near the animal teasing the animal with fingers or taking them food.
Australian tourist Kathryn Warburton got far more than she bargained for when she scaled two safety fences to get a photo of Binky, a 1,200lb polar bear. The bear promptly stuck his head through the bars of the cage, seizing her. Warburton’s leg was broken and she suffered lacerations.
She might have been killed outright if not for quick thinking zoo visitors who thrashed Binky with branches, causing him to relinquish his hold. Only a month and a half later, the bear mauled another tourist, a drunk teenager whose leg was torn up. Despite the attacks, Binky became a minor celebrity, his face adorning zoo merchandise.