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Cattledog

(5,897 posts)
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 07:34 PM Jul 2019

Colorado teen gored by bison in North Dakota national park

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MEDORA, N.D. — A teenage visitor to a national park in North Dakota has been injured by a bison.

Officials at Theodore Roosevelt National Park say the 17-year-old girl from Colorado was on a trail Saturday and walked between two bull bison that had been fighting. One bison charged the teen who was struck in the back, gored in the thigh and tossed about six feet in the air.

Park rangers and Billings County paramedics treated the girl at the scene until the victim could be taken by helicopter to a Bismarck hospital. Authorities say the teen is in stable condition.

Park regulations require that visitors stay at least 25 yards away from large animals such as bison, elk, deer and horses.

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/29/bison-gored-colorado-teen-theodore-roosevelt-national-park/

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Colorado teen gored by bison in North Dakota national park (Original Post) Cattledog Jul 2019 OP
My heart was in my throat... Frustratedlady Jul 2019 #1
"Park regulations require that visitors stay at least 25 yards Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2019 #2

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
1. My heart was in my throat...
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 07:49 PM
Jul 2019

My 17-year-old great granddaughter is out there right now, but not from Colorado.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
2. "Park regulations require that visitors stay at least 25 yards
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 09:55 PM
Jul 2019

(that's 75') away from large animals."

WHEN are people going to listen ? I feel sorry for people that follow the rules and get injured. However, I have NO sympathy for those who ignore the rules then suffer the consequences of their own actions.

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