Australian man hospitalized after being tossed into the air by bison in Yellowstone NP [View all]

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Australian man hospitalized after tossed into the air by bison serves as reminder as tourist season picks up
http://fox4kc.com/2016/06/05/australian-man-hospitalized-after-tossed-into-the-air-by-bison-in-yellowstone/

"Park rangers have been saying it for years, but apparently, they need to keep reminding people: Stay away from wild animals in the park.

It might seem like common sense to some, but after a slew of reports of people coming too close to animals in our nation’s national parks (to predictably bad results), the message bears repeating: Stay away from wild animals in the park.

One visitor to ignore the warnings was a 62-year-old Australian man visiting Yellowstone who was sent to the hospital after he got to know the business end of a bison while trying to take a photo of the creature on his iPad last year, KTVQ reported.

The man had to be airlifted to a hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, park officials said in a statement.

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Woman shooting photos gets too close to Yellowstone mama bear
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/woman-shooting-photos-gets-too-close-to-yellowstone-mama-bear/article_b9282ea2-ecec-51d3-b9fe-c4359ddfb789.html

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Some people should not be in the National Parks. Or so it seems.