| 2022 - 2023 Mortality | Totals |
|---|---|
| Total Buffalo Killed | 1272 |
| Total Living Buffalo Currently Removed from Ecosystem | 282 |
| Total number of Buffalo that were Captured by Government this year | 1213 |
| Buffalo Released from Capture | 837 |
| Held for Quarantine, Slaughter, or Release | 0 |
| Sent to Quarantine | 282 |
| Sent to APHIS (Animal, Plant, Health, Inspection, Services) Research Facility | |
| Government & Tribal Slaughter (Yellowstone, InterTribal Buffalo Council, Confederated Salish & Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock) | 88 |
| Died in Government Trap | 6 |
| Died in Government Research Facility** | |
| Miscarriage in Government Trap | |
| State Hunt - Gardiner | 50 |
| State Hunt - West Yellowstone | 25 |
| State “Damage" Hunts | |
| Treaty Hunts - Gardiner | 926 |
| Treaty Hunts - West Yellowstone | 13 |
| Unknown Hunts - Gardiner | 100 |
| Unknow Hunts - West Yellowstone | |
| Wounded by Hunters & Shot by FWP/NPS or Died in Park | 36 |
| Poached in Yellowstone | |
| Sent to Quarantine | |
| Sent to APHIS Research Facility | |
| Shot by Agents | |
| Shot by Landowner | |
| Shot by Idaho | |
| Highway Mortality - Gardiner | 2 |
| Highway Mortality - West Yellowstone | 24 |
| Cause of Death Unknown | 2 |
| Elk shot under treaty rights | 10 |
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