Elk are a vital part of Banff’s ecology they are the main herbivore, or plant eater, in the park and in turn a major foo | Planet Earth

2022/12/12 07:00

Elk are a vital part of Banff’s ecology - they are the main herbivore, or plant eater, in the park and in turn a major food source for predators such as wolves. When Banff National Park was created in 1885, only a few elk were seen in the Bow Valley. By 1906, numbers of elk were so low they seemed to have disappeared. But ten years later, elk populations were up naturally, as well as with additional help from the introduction of 235 elk from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in 1918-20. Today, elk are the most numerous large animal with close to 350 found in the park; over 200 of them live in the lower Bow Valley close to the town of Banff. 🦌
📍Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
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