A bison headbutted a visitor in Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday. This is the second attack of its kind in the park in three days.
The tourist, a 71-year-old woman from West Chester, Pennsylvania, reportedly approached the animal by accident while she and her daughter were returning to their car after walking near the park’s central lake. National Park Service. Then the bull, or male, was charged with a bison.
The NPS said the woman was taken to a hospital in Cody, Wyoming, about 50 miles away, and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The attack is not the first of its kind this season.
On Monday, an amazing video was captured Ox bison charging, then filling, Yellowstone visitor. This attack occurred when a 34-year-old man from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and his family were walking along a trail near the giant Yellowstone River at Old Faithful – the park’s most popular tourist destination. The footage showed the man moving his young baby away from the bison before the animal charged him and flung him into the air.
NPS Officials He said The man was treated for an arm injury at a nearby hospital in Idaho.
A third attack occurred in the last days of May by flood record It caused Yellowstone to shut down briefly earlier this month. Involved in that incident is a 25-year-old woman from Ohio, who is reported to be I stood so close To a bison near another boardwalk north of Old Faithful.
She sustained a puncture wound and other injuries after a bison threw her about 10 feet into the air.
All three incidents are under investigation, according to the NPS. In several statements, the agency emphasized that visitors should stay at least 75 feet away from each bison to reduce the risk of being attacked. A bison can be up to six feet long and weigh the same. 2000 pounds.
NPS also announce Thursday, part of the park’s northern loop will reopen to visitors on July 2, after several weeks of flooding that forced officials to close areas of the park. It will also suspend the replacement license plate system, which was implemented to limit the number of people in the park as officials dealt with flood damage. With the changes, 93% of the park’s roads will be unlocked.
