‘Incredible’ news for bears and wild horses as US shifts preservation plans
30-04-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com

‘Incredible’ news for bears and wild horses as US shifts preservation plans

National Park Service will reintroduce bears to Washington’s North Cascades and won’t remove horses from South Dakota parkWildlife advocates are celebrating “incredible” news for the preservation of threatened bears, and a herd of historically significant wild horses, in separate north-western and upper midwestern national parks.In North Dakota, the National Parks Service (NPS) has dropped a plan that would have seen about 200 wild horses, descended from those belonging t
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