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Yellowstone bison entering Montana face slaughter, hunters

| February 26, 2020 3:05 PM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — One of the last and largest wild bison populations in North America has begun its migration out of Yellowstone National Park into southwestern Montana, where they are being hunted and face government-sponsored slaughter as part of a population reduction program.

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