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12-Year-Old Hospitalized After Bison Injury in Yellowstone National Park
A 12-year-old was injured by a bison near Mud Volcano on Friday morning and taken to a hospital. The incident is the first reported bison-related injury of the 2026 season. Park officials continue to investigate while reminding visitors of required distances from wildlife.
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A 12-year-old was hospitalized after being injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park near Mud Volcano on Friday. The encounter occurred at 9:15 a.m. north of Fishing Bridge in Wyoming. The bison weighed an estimated 900 kilograms.
Park authorities have not disclosed the severity of the injuries. An investigation into the circumstances remains ongoing. The incident marks the first reported bison-related injury of the 2026 season.
Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal. Park officials state that the animals are unpredictable, can run three times faster than humans, and will defend their space when threatened. Visitors must keep a minimum distance of 25 yards from bison, elk, deer, moose and coyotes, and 100 yards from bears, wolves and cougars.
Last year a 30-year-old man from Randolph, New Jersey, was mauled by a bison and received treatment for minor injuries. A month earlier a 47-year-old visitor from Cape Coral, Florida, sustained minor injuries after being struck by a bison in the Lake Village area.
Yellowstone preserves the most important bison herd in the United States and is the only place in the country where bison have lived continuously since prehistoric times.
The park holds the nation’s largest bison population on public land.
