Top: Black bears, deliberately fed and habituated to human food, provide entertainment for park visitors at West Thumb Camp in 1924. Photo just above: Bison in the "Mammoth Showpen" in 1924 when wildlife, in order to insure visitors saw animals, were really managed as if in a glorified zoo.  Photographer unknown/courtesy NPS
Top: Black bears, deliberately fed and habituated to human food, provide entertainment for park visitors at West Thumb Camp in 1924. Photo just above: Bison in the "Mammoth Showpen" in 1924 when wildlife, in order to insure visitors saw animals, were really managed as if in a glorified zoo. Photographer unknown/courtesy NPS