2 folks had been seen 'harassing' a bison calf at Grand Teton Nationwide Park, officers say. Now authorities are looking for them.

• Grand Teton Nationwide Park says two folks had been seen touching a bison calf on June 4. 
• Rangers are investigating the incident and are in search of the 2 folks concerned. 
• Park officers stated in a press launch that the calf was “efficiently reunited with its herd.”

Grand Teton Nationwide Park says two folks had been seen “harassing” a bison calf earlier this month, and now rangers are in search of details about them.

Officers from the Wyoming park stated in a press launch on Saturday that on June 4 at 1 p.m., two folks had been seen “approaching and touching a bison calf” in Grand Teton’s Elk Ranch Flats.

“Interference by folks could cause wildlife to reject their offspring,” park officers stated. “On this case, happily, the calf was efficiently reunited with its herd, however usually these interactions end in euthanizing the animal. Approaching wildlife can drastically have an effect on their well-being and survival.”

The park stated the incident is underneath investigation and requested anybody who was within the Elk Ranch Flats space on June 4 who might have data to name the park’s tip line at 307-739-3367.

Grand Teton didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for updates or additional data on the incident.

“It is essential to view wildlife safely, responsibly and ethically. Deal with all wildlife with warning and respect as they’re wild, unpredictable and could be harmful,” park officers stated within the press launch. “The protection of holiday makers and wildlife relies on everybody taking part in a crucial position in being a steward for wildlife by giving them the area they should thrive — their lives rely upon it.”

Park officers urged guests to maintain a protected distance from wildlife and to not “tease, contact, frighten, or deliberately disturb” or feed any animals.

The incident at Grand Teton comes lower than a month after a person pleaded responsible to deliberately disturbing wildlife at Yellowstone Nationwide Park in an incident during which he picked up a struggling new child bison calf who later needed to be euthanized when its herd rejected it.

Morgan Warthin, chief of public affairs at Yellowstone, advised Insider final week that guests “get inappropriately near wildlife” on the park “on daily basis.”

“Yellowstone gives tens of millions of holiday makers one of many best wildlife viewing shows in North America,” Warthin added in a press launch. “In current days, some actions by guests have led to the endangerment of individuals and wildlife and resulted within the loss of life of wildlife. The park calls on guests to guard wildlife by understanding how their actions can negatively affect wildlife.”