Court OKs Yellowstone bison slaying SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court refused Thursday to stop Montana from slaughtering bison outside Yellowstone National Park to prevent the animals from infecting cattle with a serious livestock disease. In a one-sentence ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's decision allowing the state and the National Park Service to continue killing bison as they have for the last three winters. Bison leave Yellowstone in search of winter forage. About half test positive for brucellosis, a disease that can cause cows to abort and, in rare cases, can spread to humans and cause a recurring fever. More than 1,200 bison that left Yellowstone have been shot or shipped to slaughter in the last three years, mostly in the winter of 1996-97. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559452144-626>
