People tend to check their brain when they enter a national park or forest. Frankly when ever they leave the city.
I have many experiences working in national forests and seeing how people are just stupid.
Take the recent event in Yellowstone National Park where a visitor picked up a baby elk and took it to the local police station.
Most likely the baby’s cow bedded down the elk as it ate and would come back for it. This is common and protects elk. I’ve seen baby bedded down. Just leave them alone.
This is one of the reasons why the parks and forests have rules keeping people back from animals. It’s to protect the animals but also to protect people. This isn’t a petting zoo.
If you are in a national park, forest or just in the outdoors. Let the animals be. They will be just fine.
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