Bismarck, US (TAN): A 17-year-old girl was attacked and injured by a bison at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota state of US, media reports said.
This is the second such incident in a week after a nine-year-old faced a similar situation at Yellowstone National Park.
In the latest incident that took place last Saturday, USA Today quoted park officials as saying the Colorado girl had walked between two bull bisons that had been fighting. One of the animals charged the girl, gored her in the thigh and tossed her in the air.
[ALSO READ: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to feature in Man Vs Wild TV show]
The victim was tended to by paramedics before being airlifted to a Bismarck hospital. She is reportedly stable.
On July 22, a nine-year-old girl was injured after a bison charged her in the United States’ Yellowstone National Park.
The girl from Florida was part of a group of 50 odd people visiting the national park. The incident took place near Observation Point Trail in the Old Faithful Geyser area where the group was assembled within five to ten feet of the bull bison for at least 20 minutes before it charged the group.
[ALSO READ: Indian tourists caught on video trying to steal stuff from hotel room in Bali]
The girl was charged and tossed into the air by the animal. Her family took her to the Old Faithful Lodge for treatment, and subsequently to the Old Faithful Clinic, from where she was later released.
Park regulations require visitors to stay 25 yards away from all large animals, including bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, and coyotes, and at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves.
