Montana Stockgrowers: More needs to be done on bison

BILLINGS — Members of an influential Montana livestock group said Friday they are not ready to allow wild bison to roam freely outside Yellowstone National Park and instead want more done to control a disease carried by the animals.

Rejecting calls from some ranchers to show more tolerance for bison, a Montana Stockgrowers Association committee instead passed resolutions advocating slaughter, contraceptive injections and other means to control the animals' population.

The group also urged government agencies to reverse last winter's decision to allow hundreds of Yellowstone bison to migra...