A man who was camping at Little Harbor Campground on Catalina Island was injured after being gored by a bison the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 17, police said. 
 
 The incident occurred at about 5:15 p.m. when the man was sitting on a log and a bison was grazing nearby, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Ray Ward. 
 
 “When the man saw that the (animal) was getting closer to him, he got up and tried to move away,” he said. “That’s when (it) charged him and gored him in his left arm.” 
 
 Los Angeles Fire Department officials treated the man at the scene and he was later airlifted to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Ward said. 
 
 Bison are common and roam freely on the back side of Catalina Island where the campground is located, he said. 
 
 “But it’s very rare for them to attack,” Ward said. “People even forget sometimes that they are wild because they appear domesticated.” 
 
 The nature and extent of the man’s injuries were not immediately known. ||||| YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — For the second time in three weeks, a bison seriously injured a tourist in Yellowstone National Park who apparently underestimated how quickly the big, burly animals can move when they're miffed. 
 
 FILE - In this June 19, 2014, file photo, bison graze near a stream in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. For the second time in three weeks, a bison has seriously injured a tourist in Yellowstone... (Associated Press) 
 
 The bison tossed the 62-year-old Australian several times into the air Tuesday morning. The unidentified man was flown by helicopter to a hospital. He had serious but not life-threatening injuries. 
 
 The man wasn't the only person to blame for the encounter, park officials said. Several people crowded the bison as it lay on the grass near a paved sidewalk not far from the famous Old Faithful Geyser. 
 
 "The bison was already getting agitated," Yellowstone spokeswoman Amy Bartlett said. 
 
 The man stepped forward and snapped photos with an electronic notepad just 3 to 5 feet away from the animal, she said. 
 
 When the bison charged, the tourist had little chance to escape. Bison can weigh as much as a small car and run three times faster than a person. 
 
 Park officials recommend getting no closer to a bison than 25 yards. 
 
 It was the second bison attack in Yellowstone since summer tourist season began a month ago. A bison in the Old Faithful area gored a 16-year-old girl from Taiwan as she posed for a picture near the animal May 16. 
 
 The girl was treated at a hospital for serious but not life-threatening injuries and released, Bartlett said. 
 
 Many believe grizzly bears and wolves are Yellowstone's most dangerous animals. In fact, bison and elk attack a couple of people in the park every year and are responsible for more injuries, Bartlett said. ||||| YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - A 16-year-old girl has been gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park while posing for a picture near the animal. 
 
 The National Park Service says the unidentified girl's injuries were serious but not life-threatening. 
 
 The agency described her as an exchange student from Taiwan who was visiting the park with her host family. 
 
 The incident occurred shortly after noon Friday in the Old Faithful area. 
 
 The Park Service says she and others were between 3 and 6 feet from the bison when she turned her back to the bison to have her picture taken. The bison took a couple steps and gored her. 
 
 The girl was airlifted to an area hospital. 
 
 The Park Service advises visitors to stay at least 25 yards away from bison in the park. 
 
 In a statement, the Parks Service said: "Visitors are advised to give the animals enough space and be willing to alter their plans to avoid interacting with an animal in close proximity."
– A camping trip turned quite unpleasant for a man on Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California, when he was gored by a bison Saturday evening. The animal was grazing near a log upon which the man was sitting at Little Harbor Campground, authorities tell the Orange County Register. As the man saw the bison coming closer, he tried to leave the area, but the animal charged him and gored his left arm, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sergeant. The man was treated at the scene, then airlifted to a medical center on the mainland; he was said to be in stable condition, CBS Los Angeles reports. Bison roam the back side of the island, but the sergeant says attacks are "very rare." (The island's bison have been put on birth control in the past.)