Staff at Yellowstone National Park had to euthanize a newborn bison calf this week after an unidentified visitor handled the wild animal, according to a release from the National Park Service.

The newborn calf has a black nose and eyes, so it’s not albino, Jim Matheson, executive director of the National Bison Association, tells the AP. A white buffalo calf named Miracle was born on a ...

Yet the National Park Service is only a quarter of the way toward its proposal to remove up to 1,375 animals this season.

Chambers named the calf “Unatsi,” the Cherokee word for snow. The number of white bison existing today is ... to make sure that we do what we can to protect her, and hopefully she can live ...

In addition, one male calf died after being captured. The removal of 367 bison continues to draw condemnation from bison conservation groups. “The buffalo need more protection, more room to roam ...