[notdownwidems]

"In a way it’s good news,” said Doug Smith, a Yellowstone National Park biologist. “We think we have a fairly stable elk herd.”

Sounds like this a&%shat thinks a smaller herd is a more stable herd? So what's the end game of that, a herd of 1?

[Manly Warrior]

No hunting in NPs. Therein lies the problem- indeed the elk did much damage to their own living room because of failure to manage- the cornerstone of conservation. Controlled hunts could have made the Interior department millions, wolves cost millions.