2022 - 2023 Mortality | Totals |
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Total Buffalo Killed | 1272 |
Total Living Buffalo Currently Removed from Ecosystem | 282 |
Total number of Buffalo that were Captured by Government this year | 1213 |
Buffalo Released from Capture | 837 |
Held for Quarantine, Slaughter, or Release | 0 |
Sent to Quarantine | 282 |
Sent to APHIS (Animal, Plant, Health, Inspection, Services) Research Facility | |
Government & Tribal Slaughter (Yellowstone, InterTribal Buffalo Council, Confederated Salish & Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock) | 88 |
Died in Government Trap | 6 |
Died in Government Research Facility** | |
Miscarriage in Government Trap | |
State Hunt - Gardiner | 50 |
State Hunt - West Yellowstone | 25 |
State “Damage" Hunts | |
Treaty Hunts - Gardiner | 926 |
Treaty Hunts - West Yellowstone | 13 |
Unknown Hunts - Gardiner | 100 |
Unknow Hunts - West Yellowstone | |
Wounded by Hunters & Shot by FWP/NPS or Died in Park | 36 |
Poached in Yellowstone | |
Sent to Quarantine | |
Sent to APHIS Research Facility | |
Shot by Agents | |
Shot by Landowner | |
Shot by Idaho | |
Highway Mortality - Gardiner | 2 |
Highway Mortality - West Yellowstone | 24 |
Cause of Death Unknown | 2 |
Elk shot under treaty rights | 10 |
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