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FILE - This March 9, 2016 file photo shows a bison from Yellowstone National Park being held for shipment to slaughter near Gardiner, Mont. Yellowstone National Park has started shipping hundreds of wild bison to slaughter for disease control as a quarantine facility that could help spare many of the animals sits empty because of a political dispute. Park officials said 15 bison originally slated for the quarantine on the Fort Peck Reservation were instead loaded onto trailers Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 and sent to slaughter. Hundreds more will be shipped in coming days. Transferring bison to the quarantine is opposed by Montana officials. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown,File)

FILE - This March 9, 2016 file photo shows a bison from Yellowstone National Park being held for shipment to slaughter near Gardiner, Mont. Yellowstone National Park has started shipping hundreds of wild bison to slaughter for disease control as a quarantine facility that could help spare many of the animals sits empty because of a political dispute. Park officials said 15 bison originally slated for the quarantine on the Fort Peck Reservation were instead loaded onto traile…

February 8, 2017

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Hundreds of bison sent to slaughter over tribes' objections
February 8, 2017 9:54 p.m.

Hundreds of bison sent to slaughter over tribes' objections

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday started shipping hundreds of wild bison to slaughter for disease control, as a quarantine facility on a Montana Indian reservation that could help spare many of the animals sat empty due to a political dispute.