It wasn't me. Honest, it wasn't me.

[Scuba]

http://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/05/yellowstone-tourists-worried-bison-calf-is-cold-so-they-put-it-in-their-car/

YELLOWSTONE TOURISTS PUT BISON CALF IN CAR BECAUSE THEY’RE WORRIED IT’S COLD



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.

I did have an incredible time on my trip though, and will post some pics starting tomorrow.

[randome]

1. Yeah. It was you.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[jtuck004]

2. Yessir, we got the rental return back, but can you explain the hoofprints all over the

inside of the van?

[Cryptoad]

3. Daily Proof Positive

that the Mean IQ has fallen below 60!

[left-of-center2012]

4. How did bison survive for thousands of years without cars?

[randome]

5. It's evolution. Continue this for a few hundred thousand years and they WILL be able to drive.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[packman]

6. Was the Buffalo from buffalo who was buffaloed?

[lonestarnot]

7. What did they intend to do, ship it to death valley?

[panader0]

8. I'm looking forward to seeing the photos of your trip.

[Shrike47]

9. I bet there a lot more buffalo calves for them to rescue in Yellowstone. Next time, hotel room!

[Kokonoe]

10. Sad ending.

The next day was 8 degrees and the calf died of exposure.

[Scuba]

12. Source please.

[Kokonoe]

15. From reading the comments of the article.

I have no access now, but it said the mother died and it had malnutrition.
Sorry about posting, but had to solely for the interest of animal welfare.

[Scuba]

16. Hearsay.

[Duppers]

17. The problem I saw when 1st reading/seeing pic

Is how could anyone take this calf with his/her mother around. That would've been impossible! Wild animals are extremely protective and combative. And buffalos have been known to die of exposure, especially if their food source is low.

I hope the rangers didn't make a mistake.


Btw, glad you enjoyed Yellowstone; it was my favorite national park--it has everything!

[eggplant]

14. Dysentery.

[Rex]

21. Not true, the calf had to be put down since it could not be integrated back into the group.

Besides, I know that was a joke.

[PatrynXX]

11. face palm

well if they tried that with an adult then they wouldn't be talking to the authorities would they X_X then again I'm surprised they are still alive. I'd suggest not coming back to that park because the mother might recognize the car/suv that stole her child

[OnyxCollie]

13. Buffaloes need sweaters!

[malaise]

18. Ok but did you run into those morons?

[Scuba]

19. Seems doubtful. It's a big, big park and as early as we visited we didn't see a lot of others ....

... but many (most?) of the tourists we saw were foreign visitors, so who knows?

[Cooley Hurd]

20. I am profoundly sad to say that the calf was euthanized

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/us/yellowstone-bison-calf-is-euthanized-after-trip-in-tourists-trunk.html