A visitor was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday. It was the second such attack in the park in three days.
The tourist, a 71-year-old woman from West Chester, Pennsylvania, reportedly approached the animal by accident while she and her daughter returned to their car after hiking near the park's central lake, according to the The woman was transported to a hospital in Cody, Wyoming, which is about 50 miles away, and treated for non-life threatening injuries, the NPS said. The attack is not the first of its kind this season.
. That attack happened as a 34-year-old man from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and his family were walking along a boardwalk near Yellowstone's Giant Geyser at Old Faithful — the park's most popular tourist destination. Footage showed the man moving his small child away from the bison before the animal charged and flung him into the air.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
71-year-old woman gored by bison at Yellowstone, marking 3rd attack this yearA 71-year-old woman was gored by a bull bison at Yellowstone National Park, making her the third person attacked by a bison at the park this year.
Read more »
Bison gores man near Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park, officials sayA Colorado man required medical treatment at a hospital after he was gored by a bull bison at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, officials said.
Read more »
Bison gores Yellowstone visitor in second attack this yearThe incident is the second this year that Yellowstone said involved a visitor 'getting too close to the animal and the bison responding to the perceived threat by goring the individual.”
Read more »
Bison gores man near Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park, officials sayIt was Yellowstone’s second reported incident this year of a visitor getting too close to the animal, and the bison “responding to the perceived threat,” officials said.
Read more »
Man gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park, second visitor attacked in a monthThe man was walking with his family on a boardwalk when 'a bull bison charged the group,' the park said.
Read more »
Bison gores man who got too close at Yellowstone National Park, officials sayA video appears to show the man who was gored had been pulling a child away from the bison.
Read more »