"Absconding" Boy Runs Through Bison Enclosure At Wildlife Safari

PLATTSMOUTH - Cass County Sheriff William Brueggemann reports a Friday afternoon incident at the Nebraska Wildlife Safari.

Deputies, the Nebraska State Patrol and park rangers responded to an absconded nine-year-old boy, who had jumped a fence and was running through a bison enclosure at the park.

A Cass County sheriff’s deputy entered the enclosure and was able to secure the juvenile after a foot pursuit across the bison enclosure.

 After removing the juvenile from the enclosure he was returned to the care of his legal guardians. No injuries were reported.