The great slaughter of the buffalo and the near extinction of the species was not merely an ecological catastrophe; it was an almost unspeakable tragedy for the western Indian tribes, ...

Under Montana law, privately owned bison are classified and regulated as livestock and are treated much like cattle. Unlike their wild counterparts in Yellowstone, these animals are fenced, handled an ...

For buffalo advocate Stephany Seay, the facility is a death camp for bison, a last stop before the large animals are shipped to slaughter, their meat distributed to American Indian tribes. Picking up ...

GARDINER, Mont. – This is the modern answer to the buffalo jump. On Tuesday, instead of bison being chased off a steep prairie bluff, they were herded by mounted horseman and an SUV into Yellowstone ...

Across Montana’s eastern plains, few sights register as strongly as a bison herd navigating open grassland. Although the grizzly bear is the official state animal, the plains bison has come to ...

BILLINGS -- Bison advocates and environmental groups submitted an emergency appeal to federal officials on Thursday to halt the continued slaughter of bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park.

BILLINGS — Sixteen more bison that migrated to the boundary of Yellowstone National Park were transported to slaughter Wednesday and roughly 90 more were expected to be shipped out in coming days, ...

The Buffalo Box sits in the center of a small table, surrounded by objects taken out for display—everything from handheld weapons to body lotion, all of which derive from the American bison. Two ...