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72-Year-Old Tourist Gored by Bison at Yellowstone National Park

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5 years agoon

A 72-year-old visitor to Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison after reportedly ignoring the park’s guidelines about keeping a safe distance from the large creatures.
According to CBS News, the woman repeatedly approached the animal to take its photograph multiple times before being gored.
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Visitors are required to stay at least 25 yards from large animals, including bison, elk and moose and at least 100 yards from bears and wolves, CBS reports.
“The series of events that led to the goring suggest the bison was threatened by being repeatedly approached to within 10 feet,” Yellowstone’s senior bison biologist Chris Geremia said in a press release reported by CNN.
“Bison are wild animals that respond to threats by displaying aggressive behaviors like pawing the ground, snorting, bobbing their head, bellowing, and raising their tail. If that doesn’t make the threat (in this instance it was a person) move away, a threatened bison may charge,” Geremia added. “To be safe around bison, stay at least 25 yards away, move away if they approach, and run away or find cover if they charge.”
The unidentified woman, who was visiting the park from California, reportedly suffered multiple goring wounds and was flown to Eastern Idaho Medical Center for further treatment.
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