27 bison trucked into Yellowstone

More than two dozen bison near West Yellowstone were rounded up, loaded onto trucks and hauled back into Yellowstone National Park on Thursday, according to bison advocates and the state wildlife department. In a written statement, the Buffalo Field Campaign said 27 bison — 12 newborn calves, 12 mothers and three 2-year-old animals — were captured at the Montana Department of Livestock’s Duck Creek trap, which is located on private land on the western edge of the park. The animals were released at Fountain Flats inside Yellowstone in the early afternoon, according to the bison watchdog group’s statement...more

So why were they trucked instead of hazed? Because of the enviros lawsuit.

On May 14, U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell issued a 14-day restraining order barring the use of helicopters in hazing operations near the park. Wildlife advocates had argued that the helicopters could harm grizzly bears in the area. Helicopter hazing would have been the best option, said John Youngberg, vice president of government affairs for the Montana Farm Bureau. It’s the fastest and easiest hazing method and puts less stress on the bison than loading them into trucks and hauling them long distances, he said. “This is an option I don’t think they envisioned would happen, but this is one of the few options they have left,” Youngberg said. “I don’t think this is probably the best for the bison, I’ll tell you that up front.”

Do-gooders do damage again.