{"id":43180,"date":"2025-08-03T22:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43180\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T22:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:28:08","slug":"you-are-not-safe-behind-a-little-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43180\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You are not safe behind a little fence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One would think that by now, most people are aware they should stay away from large, wild animals in national parks, but as one Instagram user has shown, that&#8217;s still not the case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/touronsofyellowstone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tourons of Yellowstone<\/a> (@touronsofyellowstone) shared a video of Yellowstone National Park tourists lined up on a wooden walkway right in front of a bison. There was a photo of a similar situation, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do people think Yellowstone is a ZOO!? You are NOT safe behind a little fence &amp; that bison probably hates you! Back away from the bison! Move along people!&#8221; they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMEed_rgZ5L\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other users were torn between being appalled at the tourists&#8217; behavior and expecting nothing less.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tourists do think Yellowstone is a zoo. They ask where the animals go at night, where do they turn on the Old Faithful geyser. 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In fact, the National Park Service&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/planyourvisit\/safety.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yellowstone website<\/a> recommends that tourists stay safely in their cars to view wildlife, or at least 100 yards away from cougars, bears, and wolves, and 25 yards away from bison and elk.<\/p>\n<p>Encounters such as this one don&#8217;t only harm humans, either. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/outdoors\/yellowstone-national-park-tourists-hot-springs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tourists<\/a> invade wild animals&#8217; spaces and get injured, wildlife officials often euthanize the creatures. Keeping in mind that it isn&#8217;t only your safety at risk but the animal&#8217;s safety, too, will reduce harm all around.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps national parks should return to warning tourists. 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