Catherine Rusoff
An 83-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park over the weekend, the park said Monday.
The park said the bison was “defending its space” when it gored the South Carolina woman near the Storm Point Trail, located at the north end of Yellowstone Lake. The bison “came within a few feet of the woman and lifted her about a foot off the ground with its horns,” the park said.
Emergency personnel first took the woman to nearby Lake Medical Clinic for treatment before she was airlifted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Yellowstone said. The park did not have any specific information about her injuries or condition as of Monday night.
The woman was not immediately identified.
The park noted that more people have been injured by bison in Yellowstone than by any other animal. The park also said it is visitors’ responsibility to maintain their distance from wildlife, including staying at least 25 meters away from large animals such as bison and 100 meters from bears and wolves.
“Bison are not aggressive animals, but they will defend their space when threatened. They are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans,” the park warned.
In April, an Idaho man suffered minor injuries when he was attacked by a bison in Yellowstone after allegedly kicking it. He was later charged with being under the influence of alcohol, disorderly conduct, approaching wildlife and disturbing wildlife, the park said.
Last year, a 47-year-old woman was gored by a bison not far from where the most recent incident occurred. In 2022, a 25 year old woman it is a 34 year old man were gored by bison near Old Faithful within weeks of each other. A 71-year-old tourist from Pennsylvania was also attacked by a bison in June 2022.
Bison are the largest mammals in North America, according to the Department of the Interior, and males can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Mating season runs from mid-July to mid-August, during which time they can become agitated more quickly than at other times of the year, according to park officials.
Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but were driven nearly to extinction during the westward expansion of the United States in the 19th century. At one point, their numbers dwindled to just a few hundred.
As of last August, there were about 420,000 bison in commercial herds, according to the USFWS, and another 20,500 in conservation herds in the US.
—Aliza Chasan and Adam Yamaguchi contributed reporting.
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