{"id":510,"date":"2026-05-18T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=510"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:33:00","slug":"about-90-bison-seized-as-moffat-county-sheriffs-office-investigates-animal-neglect-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"About 90 bison seized as Moffat County Sheriff\u2019s Office investigates animal neglect case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to a news release from the Moffat County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a seizure operation took place on Saturday involving approximately 90 head of bison from the Lay Valley Bison Ranch located in Moffat County. A mule was also seized during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=508\">Greenland\u2019s prime minister tells Trump\u2019s envoy self-determination cannot be negotiated<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The operation was coordinated with the Colorado Bureau of Animal Protection and the Colorado State Veterinary Office.<\/p>\n<p>The release stated that over the past month, the Moffat County Sheriff\u2019s Office has been working with the owner, Daniel Martin, in an effort to \u201cremediate ongoing concerns regarding the care and condition of the animals.\u201d Despite those efforts, investigators determined that further action was necessary to protect the welfare of the animals involved.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=506\">Aurora man arrested on suspicion of murder in 4-year-old godson\u2019s beating death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, one mule was determined to be suffering to the extent that euthanasia was necessary and was carried out by the Moffat County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more at <\/em><em>craigdailypress.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=505\">Small earthquakes shake southern Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seizure operation took place on Saturday involving approximately 90 head of bison from the Lay Valley Bison Ranch located in Moffat County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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