Share this article
Wildlife Featured in this article
- bison
Roundup offers chance to check bison’s health
South Dakota’s Custer State Park hosts some 1,500 bison
Horseback riders rounded up some 1,500 bison in South Dakota’s Custer State Park as part of an annual effort to maintain the herd’s health. The roundup gives biologists a chance to monitor the bison’s health, vaccinate calves and auction off bison to reduce herd numbers. Managers try to mix their genetics with other herds to improve the health of bison populations across the country.
Read more from The Bismarck Tribune.
PAID AD
Header Image: Bison graze in Custer State Park in South Dakota. Credit: Chuck Peterson
Related Posts
JWM: With too many free-roaming horses, sage-grouse suffer
Sage-grouse survival declines when free-roaming horse populations get too large
JWM: Wild pig removal boosts turkey numbers
Swine are known nest predators in southeastern U.S.
WSB: Overcoming cats’ phobias can help save other wildlife
Neophobia—the fear of new things—keeps felines away from control devices in Australia