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Water buffalo corralled days after it escaped in Iowa suburb and was shot by police

Aug. 28, 2024 16:01 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An escaped water buffalo was located Wednesday, days after it was shot and wounded during a weekend attempt to return it to its owner's suburban property, officials said. The animal was found in a wooded area in Des Moines, officials told local broadcast...

An injured and angry water buffalo is on the loose in Iowa

Aug. 27, 2024 09:54 AM EDT

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (AP) — A water buffalo is on the loose in an Iowa town, and police are warning people that it is injured and aggressive. Police in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill responded Saturday to a call about an animal in the road. It turned out to be a water...

Yellowstone officials: Rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans not seen since June 4 birth

Jun. 28, 2024 15:19 PM EDT

Yellowstone National Park officials said Friday a rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans has not been seen since its birth on June 4. The birth of the white buffalo, which fulfilled a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, was the first recorded in Yellowstone history and...

Tribes honor the birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone and reveal its name: Wakan Gli

Jun. 26, 2024 20:11 PM EDT

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — In a gathering near a picturesque lake outside Yellowstone National Park, hundreds of people cheered Wednesday as a Native American leader spoke the name revealed on a painted hide for a rare white buffalo that was born in the park earlier this month: Wakan Gli,...