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A teen was gored after walking between two fighting bison at a North Dakota national park

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By Scottie Andrew, Marlena Baldacci and Katherine Dillinger, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/us/teen-gored-bison-north-dakota-national-park-trnd/?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion

Updated 7:20 PM ET, Mon July 29, 2019

Officials remind park visitors to stay at least 25 feet from the mammals.

Officials remind park visitors to stay at least 25 feet from the mammals.

(CNN)A 17-year-old from Colorado was gored by a bison Saturday at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, officials said.

The teen was stabbed in the thigh and is in stable condition, park officials said Monday, declining to name the youth.
The visitor was walking along a trail in the park near a herd of bison; two bison had sparred earlier and stood on either side of the trail.
One of the bulls charged the teen from behind, goring them in the back of the right thigh and tossing them 6 feet into the air, officials said.
The teen was airlifted to a hospital in Bismarck.
“Park staff would like to remind visitors that bison are large, powerful and wild,” officials said. “They can turn quickly and easily outrun humans.”
It’s the second time a bison has charged a visitor in a national park this month. On July 22, a bison threw a 9-year-old girl several feet into the air at Yellowstone. The girl was taken to an onsite clinic and released, park officials said.
Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other animal, according to the National Park Service.
Officials remind park visitors to stay at least 25 feet from the mammals, which can charge at up to 35 mph.

Mountain lion shot and killed in Bismarck

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Photo courtesy: MGN
Posted: Tue 10:19 AM, Jan 08, 2019  | 
Updated: Tue 10:53 AM, Jan 08, 2019

UPDATE (10:53): According to Casey Anderson with North Dakota Game and Fish, the lion was a male between one and three years old, and weighed about 100 pounds. Anderson says the department will do a full health work-up on the animal. He says it’s an unfortunate situation when they have to kill one of the animals, but it is done because of public safety.

Anderson says they can’t determine if it’s the same mountain lion that was reported in north Bismarck in December.

A mountain lion has been shot and killed in Bismarck early this morning.

The Bismarck police department says they responded to a report of a mountain lion in the backyard of a residence around 5am this morning.

The department was able to follow the lion’s footprints through Zonta park, the municipal ball park and into Kiwanis park.

Police say they eventually found the lion and shot it.

The ND Game and Fish department have taken the mountain lion for testing.