Lumen 21-10 Tame Wildlife, 1 of 2 Posted – October 2, 2021 Irrelevant tid bit – Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. Winston Churchill Anyone who has worked with wild animals for any length of time has one or more stories of wild, unrestrained animals that were very tame and comfortable around people. This is very entertaining for the people and is frequently a source of food for the animals, but it can lead to dangerous human-wildlife interactions when the people do not recognize that the animals are wild and do not understand, “No, you can’t have any more marshmallows”. The classic dangerous wildlife feeding problem was at Yellowstone National Park where for many years tourists were feeding grizzly bears from their cars or in campgrounds. The bears quickly learned that humans mean food and r...