Home Site Map Make Your Home Page Suggestions Enquiry Advertise With Us
Friday, February 10, 2012  
 
 
Press Releases
Features
Events
Special Articles
News Home
   
  News Updated on Friday, February 10, 2012 1:14:33 PM
» India » Asia » World » Sports » Business » Sci-Tec » Health » Entertainment » Have your say » Picture Gallery
Top Stories
  India
  Asia
  World
  Sports
  Business
  Sci-Tec
  Health
  Entertainment
 
 Science

Yellowstone bison population halved
Gardiner, Mont. | May 10, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST
 

 

 

U.S. wildlife officials said they put a halt to its disease management program because the bison population in Yellowstone National Park declined by half.

A harsh winter brought on starvation and disease to the only wild bison herd in the lower 48 U.S. states, contributing to a drop in the herd population from 4,700 in November to 2,300, CNN reported Tuesday.

Of those 2,300, hunters killed or wildlife officials slaughtered more than 1,600 in an effort to control the population and spread of the disease brucellosis, which affects the fertility of domestic cattle.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates half of the bison population in Yellowstone are infected with brucellosis and wildlife managers say a spread of the disease to cattle would have a ripple effect in the beef industry.

But Mike Mease with the Buffalo Field Campaign, which advocates a halt to the culling program, disagrees.

There has never been a slaughter like this of the bison since the 1800s in this country and it's disgusting, he told CNN.

Wildlife officials limited the culling program to infected bison during the winter and shelved further programs until this summer.

(UPI)

 
  Viewer's Comment
Comments Not Available
 
 More Stories

Gilani won\'t ask Switzerland to reopen cases against Zardari 

Digital photos could put your kids at risk 

Captured: Polymath S. Balachander and his great wars 

Climate change speeds up microbial change 

Sharks\' remarkable skin boosts swimming 

Sensex slips into red after quiet start 

\'Unassailable\' ISI faces \'historic\' grilling in court over disappearances of Pak men 

How bacterial systems export disease-causing toxins into humans, plants 


Print this Page
Printer Friendly Version
SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend

Search Archives :  



Quick Links - Webindia123.com
Services
Health
Hobbies
Entertainment
Classifieds
Career / Education
UK, USA, Canada
Utilities
E-Booking
India Reference
 
 
 
 
 
Personalities
 
 
 
 
IndianStates
Punjab
 
Rajasthan
 
Sikkim
 
  
Tripura
 
 
 
 
Pondicherry

Copyright 2000-2012 Suni Systems (P) Ltd.
All rights reserved