Guns in Yellowstone-Buffalo killed

[packman]

Some ass hole who considers himself a "hunter" is killing buffalo in Yellowstone. Article gives details and history of buffalo in the park protected once by the army.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/18/yellowstone-bison-killed_n_4990130.html

[hack89]

1. No - a criminal is committing crimes in Yellowstone

he is not a hunter. He is a criminal.

[IveWornAHundredPants]

3. You can be two things at once.

He's a hunter-criminal.

[Jenoch]

8. It's poaching, not hunting.

Hunting something that is done in a legal manner. If an animal is killed in an illegal manner, it is poaching.

[Aristus]

2. If he gets stampeded and crushed to death,

I will consider that justice.

[Loudly]

4. Yet another reason why

guns in the hands of the public is an astoundingly bad idea.

[joeybee12]

5. The fucker...knr

[CountAllVotes]

6. awhole freak

n/t !!!

[sorefeet]

7. One year a brave hunter

came through here from back east and stopped on the interstate, shot a llama and tried to retrieve it from private property. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A FUCKING ELK. And these people are allowed to own a gun??

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. I drove a Dodge Neon through there once and those buffalo

made us feel rather small, they are HUGH!

[yellowcanine]

10. This is regrettable but mismanagement of Yellowstone wildlife has been a greater disaster.

Poaching bison is obviously a serious offense and I hope they nail the perp but in the grand scheme of things the mismanagement of grizzlies, bison, wolves, elk and other species has been a much bigger problem in Yellowstone than poaching.

See this article. In order to maintain genetic diversity in Yellowstone wildlife populations it is necessary to bring in animals from other locations. In other words, Yellowstone is basically a zoo.

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sfallon/turning_our_national_parks_int.html