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A new collaboration between Colorado State University and the Minnesota Zoo aims to get Yellowstone bison genes circulating in a new herd.

According to a new study published in the Nature Communcations journal, elk are much more likely to transmit brucellosis than bison.

Yellowstone officials have backed down from their expected quota for bison management this year—scrapping the proposed number entirely in fact.

Saying that the slaughter of 500 Yellowstone National Park bison would not harm the long-term survival of the species, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Lovell signed a ruling allowing the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) to begin putting them down.

The Obama Administration has eased brucellosis management and detection rules in the states bordering Yellowstone National Park, but will the changes lead to reforms in bison management?

Ted Turner's offer to house 74 bison from Yellowstone National Park for five years is under criticism from activists, who say the billionaire is profiting unfairly from the proposal by keeping offspring from the herd.