According to the Buffalo Field Campaign, The US National Park Service (NPS) has captured another 211 Yellowstone bison, bringing the total number captured since January 12 to 524. Park officials sent 122 to slaughter last week. The slaughter is said to be justified under the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP). The Plan was set up to protect and maintain a wild population of Yellowstone bison and protect Montana's livestock industry from the perceived threat of brucellosis transmission from wild buffalo to domestic cattle.

"Montana's zero-tolerance policy continues to demonstrate that the Interagency Bison Management Plan is failing the country's last wild buffalo. The Plan values a handful of cattle more than the country's last wild bison," said Stephany Seay of the Buffalo Field Campaign. "Montana's livestock industry is the sole beneficiary of the current slaughter.”