Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 16, 2016, Los Angeles Times.

Those shaggy-haired, shoulder-humped bison roaming Yellowstone National Park have lived in the area since prehistoric times, surviving migration, predators, disease, development.

But can they survive tourists? Despite signs in the park and fliers handed out to visitors warning them about being gored by the horned bison, tourists just can’t seem to stay the officially required 25 yards away.

But wild creatures need to be left alone — if not for our survival then certainly for theirs.

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