A Utah girl was treated at a park hospital and released after a bison butted her while she was trying to photograph it Friday morning, officials said.

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In a release, park Superintendent Bob Barbee said witnesses told rangers that Cindy Jess, 12, Salt Lake City, moved to within 8 feet of a more than 2,000-pound buffalo grazing in the Bridge Bay Campground.After she turned to walk away, the bison followed her and butted her from behind, the release said.

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