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Articles

Mass Yellowstone Hunt Kills 1,150 Bison

Thanks to agency policies that put dogmas ahead of common sense, our National Park bison and elk herds are now the national reservoir for brucellosis. It is essential that an all-out effort be initiated to control disease in the Parks using the most modern technology and methods for that purpose.

Managers must abandon their perverse ‘hands-off’ management religion, which – like refusing to reduce fire hazard – they mistakenly believe is ‘natural’, and pursue disease eradication (by medicine not guns) without reservation. Then we can stop slaughtering these animals in the annual fake ‘hunts’ described below.

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Videos

The Chase

“A national park should present a vignette of primitive America.” – A. Starker Leopold.

Predator-prey chases happen countless times every day in Yellowstone, but we rarely witness them. Kira Cassidy, research associate with the Yellowstone Wolf Project, provides context and insight as a wolf tests an elk along Soda Butte Creek.

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Natures Fear Factor

“For animals in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, the normal balance of competition and predation was upended when a war wiped out the top predators. The remaining animals didn’t simply grow in numbers—they began behaving in unusual ways, veering outside their typical territories and feeding patterns. Could it be that it’s not just predators’ kills that keep other populations in check, but also the fear they inspire? NOVA joins a team of scientists as they reintroduce wild dogs to Gorongosa to find out if restoring the park’s “landscape of fear” can restore balance to an entire ecosystem. (Premiered October 14, 2020)

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