Andrea Baratte, a wildlife biologist working in Yellowstone, says photographers who refused to move to a safe distance when a grizzly and her cubs walked across the highway, took a terrible risk and their dismissive attitude made it worse.
Photos of the 27-ton vehicle edging the animals off the mountain road were posted to the Facebook Group YNP: Invasion of the Idiots by Rhea Circale after she spotted the maneuver on Sunday.
An Instagram account titled Tourons of Yellowstone compiles instances tourists are caught doing dangerous and stupid activities, defiling the park s rules for safety.
A woman photographed carrying a large elk skull and antlers in Yellowstone National Park could have been violating both Wyoming and federal wildlife regulations.
Before widespread use of social media, it may have been difficult to fully comprehend the ignorance or sheer recklessness of some Yellowstone National Park tourists.