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trailside with kevin sanders

When most people think of wolves and grizzlies, mental images of moonless nights and eerie, terrifying howls and growls usually spring to mind. This website is well worth a visit if you are interested in the wolves and grizzlies of Yellowstone Park. Even if you aren't, you will be caught up in the mystique of these animals as you browse through the pages. I was particularly interested in the story of how a grizzly, which had developed an addiction for tents and was making a nuisance of itself around campsites within the Park, was trapped by park rangers using a tent for bait. Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995, after an absence of nearly 70 years. The various wolf packs that now inhabit the Park are closely monitored, and there are statistics on the numbers of pups born to each pack. The author of the website, Kevin Sanders (aka Bear Man), spends around 250 days a year within Yellowstone, and his love for the Park and the animals to be found there is very obvious.

Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:35:03 -0800