The park said that tourists should stay clear of big animals, recommending at least 25 yards between them and bison, bighorn sheep and other types of animals.
A woman who approached a bison at Yellowstone National Park was gored by the animal on Monday, according to park officials. The woman, who was not named, suffered a puncture wound and other injuries and was taken to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Her condition was not released and it was unclear whether she had survived. Park officials did not immediately respond to requests for more details on Wednesday, and a representative for the medical center said it did not have additional information to provide. Park officials said in a news release on Tuesday that this was the first reported episode in 2022 involving a park visitor “threatening a bison” and that the animal responding by goring the person. The incident began on Monday when a bison walked near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, about two miles northwest of Old Faithful, and the woman, described as 25 and from Ohio, approached it.
