Hold the National Park Service Accountable for Killing a Bison Calf

Please join me in condemning the National Park Service's decision to euthanize a bison calf that was rejected by its herd and was looking to humans for the care and affection it craved.

Some visitors to Yellowstone National Park put a newborn bison calf in their vehicle and transported it to a park facility because they were worried about its welfare. This caused the herd to reject the calf. The Park Service says that rangers "tried repeatedly" to reunite the newborn bison calf with the herd, but the New York Times reports the calf was euthanized just one week later, because it was approaching people and cars.

Of course it was. The calf was simply looking for the care and companionship it desperately needed - yet instead of making an effort to find a farm, ranch, or animal sanctuary who would have taken the calf in, the Park Service killed it.

Please join me in condemning this inhumane and irresponsible decision, and help me call upon the Park Service to re-home and rehabilitate animals in need of help instead of killing them.

Thank you for caring.