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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2002

A cow was spotted in Yellowstone National Park but got away before anyone could haze it, test it for a deadly cattle disease and slaughter it.

Bison that wander out of the park's boundaries and into Montana face such a fate under a federal-state management plan. The agreement aims to prevent the transfer of brucellosis from bison to cattle.

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Wyoming Briefs: Park visitors report bovine (The Billings Gazette 10/23)

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