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Originally Posted by Red2014SS
It's because a lot of drone owners are jackasses and they used the drones to herd the animals.
I don't think it was intentional, but more like this - Flying a drone in the park? cool. See that herd of deer over there? Let's go get a shot! Deer see the drone and take off running. Cool, a shot of a herd of running deer! .. drone follows deer.
Now multiply that by about 100 times per day. Substitute deer with bear, horses, geese, or whatever animals the drone pilots find. Pretty soon, you got a bunch of exhausted, sick animals.
Now factor in that hunting is allowed in a lot of parks. How big of an advantage is it to have your buddy flying a drone and spotting, then driving the animal your way?
That's why drones are banned from parks.
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I've been following the issue pretty closely before & after the ban, and really doubt this was a huge issue, nor the reason they did the ban. Has herd behavior been affected by drones? Probably on occasion. Was there thousands of drones doing this? No. I believe that has actually been pretty minimal. The ban is, as of now, temporary until they find a way to regulate this in parks, and the ability to fly may return to responsible drone owners.
In fact, I haven't seen any news stories where this was the issue. If you can find some articles on this, I'd love for you to point me to them.
Here's an article on why they did the ban.
http://www.livescience.com/46667-dro...nal-parks.html