India, Jan. 15 -- Park officials will capture 600-900 of the animals this winter and ship them
Officials at the world-famous Yellowstone National Park in the United States will be capturing 600-900 American bison this winter and shipping them for slaughter in order to reduce the animals' population.
"We may capture more if there are more than 600 bison in the (Gardiner) basin to reduce conflicts with the public," P J White, the park's chief wildlife biologist, told the Interagency Bison Management Plan partners during a meeting in late November, according to US media reports.
The officials will carry out the measure to fulfill an agreement with the US state of Montana that was signed on December 31 last year.
Out of the estimated 4,500 ...