Feeding elk at US National Parks is illegal, and for good reason – doing so is dangerous for both the animals and your fingers.
As the summer hiking season gets underway, a video posted this week on Instagram account TouronsOfNationalParks is a timely reminder to leave elk and other animals well alone, no matter how tame they may appear to be. In the clip, which you can see below, a group of visitors are enthusiastically petting and feeding a cow elk at the roadside.
