The video, apparently filmed from a distance by a park visitor and broadcast to local media, shows a bison attacking a group of people very close to the animal. | Font: Twitter
A man was killed by a bison Yellowstone National Parkthe authorities said USA in a statement on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old was walking in the park with his family when the group was attacked by a male bison.
“The family did not leave the area, and the bison continued to attack and stab the man,” who was shot in the arm and taken to hospital by ambulance, the statement said.
The second such incident this year
The video, apparently filmed from a distance by a park visitor and broadcast to local media, shows a bison attacking a group of people very close to the animal.
It looks like the animal is attacking an adult. After the attack, people run. The incident, the second of its kind recorded this year, occurred on Monday.
A park yellowstone national Stretches through the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, in the west USA. On its nearly 9,000 km2, hundreds of species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians have been recorded.
Bison are huge animals with unpredictable behavior, they can run three times faster than a person, explained the park staff, who advise staying about 25 meters from animals in Yellowstone.
(According to AFP)
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