National Park Service Denying Water to Thirsty Tule Elk

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California is in the grips of a drought and the tule elk that inhabit the Point Reyes National Seashore are dying from thirst. In the past year, 18 of the remaining 420 tule elk have died because of a lack of access to drinking water while the National Park Service continues to deny initiatives to bring the elk much needed water. A plan by activists to bring the elk 150 gallons of water was thwarted by the National Park Service who denied the activists entry and destroyed the water intended to save the tule elks from dehydration.

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This is not the first time that the NPS (National Park Services) has worked against the survival of the tule elk. During the drought of 2013 / 2014, the NPS went ahead with a "forced die off" that led to the decimation of almost half of the once 540 tule elk. It has taken until now to increase their numbers back to an approximate 420 and without access to water, the tule elk will continue to die off. 

Why are the NPS fighting so desperately to prevent the tule elk from surviving through this drought? Perhaps unsurprisingly, over a third of the Point Reyes National Seashore's "wilderness area" is occupied by industrial animal businesses that supply milk and beef to various local companies. So, is it surprising now to learn that the National Park Services are lobbyists for the animal agriculture industry?

The point of a National Park is to highlight and preserve local wildlife and yet the Point Reyes National Seashore is surrounded by an 18 foot electrical fence that prevents the tule elk from accessing much needed water during these devastating droughts. The fence was only put up at the request of the animal ag industries that operated within these "wilderness areas" once again proving that profits from the animal agriculture industry thwart the importance of conservation and species survival. The tule elk are confined to a space that doesn't provide them with what they need to survive while the animal ag industries pollute and destroy their habitat. It's absolutely despicable that a National Park is operating under these pretenses.

The National Park Service released a management plan in September that very clearly boosted the animal ag within the park at the expense of the tule elk. The land leases were reportedly increased from 5 to 20 years which included increased land production and the permission to shoot and kill tule elk. These allowances work directly against the purpose of a National Park which is to conserve and protect wildlife and allow it to flourish without interruption from humans, like animal agriculture for example. When that fence was erected, it became abundantly clear that the National Park Services was heavily protective of the animal agriculture industry and could care less about the survival of the tule elk. 

The National Park Service is corrupt and the tule elk will die off in their entirety unless something is done to better protect them. What good is a national park that is monitored by animal agriculture lobbyists?

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