Why is the pet policy in most national parks so strict?
Except for a very few exceptions, pets are not allowed off of established roads and facilities. This is to protect both the parks and the pets themselves. Many parks have land and wildlife that can be easily disrupted or destroyed by the tens of thousands of pets that allowing them would bring. In many parks, the pets themselves would be considered prey by park predators, and would put the pets, as well as their owners, in serious danger.
