It's that time of year again and Parks Canada/Banff National Park has put out the yearly warning to try and dissuade the hordes of blissfully ignorant tourists to beware. A bull elk is not some furry friendly stuffed animal looking for a pet but a 350 kg wild animal that will attack you if he thinks you're a threat to his harem of females. It's images like the ones I borrowed below that show you just how careless the average tourist can be and what potentially could happen should this beast react suddenly and trample or gore one of them. The result would be somebody terribly injured, a law suit against parks Canada for 'not protecting them', and likely a dead elk (or bear or other animal) that had to be destroyed because it attacked someone. Come on people, this isn't a Disney movie or cartoon, this is nature and as much as I'd like to say they'd deserve it if they got run down by one of these critters, ultimately it's the rest of us that will lose out because of their ignorance.
 |
| Seriously, this is the type of behaviour that eventually leads to trouble. |
 |
| His attempt to get a good photo did make for a good photo. |
 |
| This fellow was actually innocently tending a flock of sheep when he was attacked and gored, but the results are the same. |
No comments:
Post a Comment