Going to Yellowstone? Don't do this...
I do not know what to think other than misguided animal rights activists perhaps. 2 Yellowstone visitors reportedly take bison calf for a ride in SUV Two tourists took a bison calf for a ride ...
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coolmom42 wrote:
There are signs and warnings all over Yellowstone about approaching bison. I don't care how good their intentions were, these people chose to disregard the warnings and do something they were practically BEGGED not to do. They don't seem to be the type of people who would have payed much attention to one more warning. MAYBE the fine got their attention.
I do wonder if there is really any way to enforce collection of the fines, especially for people from another country.
The signs dont mean anything if you are Chinese from the PRC. The script used for Chinese in Yellowstone is the ancient one used only in Taiwan. Most people from the PRC read only the newer modern version. So the signs do them no good.
Believe it or not this kind of thing is often a park service problem. Our parks are visited by millions of foreign visitors many cannot read English, or read it well enough to understand the warnings.
Imagine yourself in a Chinese National park, where almost all of the signs are in the Chinese Characters. Or substitute Arabic or even Indonesian...
Many of these warnings could be translated into international symbol type signs with a little imagination. And the Park Service has got to get up to date and get the right Characters for the Chinese.
