Park officials say euthanized bear didn't bite hiker

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Park officials say euthanized bear didn't bite hiker

Updated 7:20 pm, Monday, May 23, 2016

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park say a bear that was euthanized this month wasn't the same one that bit a sleeping Appalachian Trail hiker.

Park wildlife technicians shot the bear with a tranquilizer dart on May 13, three days after a 49-year-old Las Vegas man was bitten on the leg while he was sleeping in a tent near the Spence Field shelter. The victim was able to scare the bear away.

Park officials took saliva from that bear, which was euthanized, and another bear that was captured and released with a tracking collar.

Media cited a statement from the park on Monday that says neither DNA sample matched the bear that bit the hiker.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Park-officials-say-euthanized-bear-didn-t-bite-7939809.php

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[rickford66]

1. Another reason to be anti-capital punishment

[scscholar]

2. Why didn't they do the test before the execution?

Sad

[rickford66]

3. Will they execute the camel that bit off its owner's head ?

That was justifiable homicide.

[happyslug]

7. You should cite the case for that

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/22/camel-bites-head-heat-raj_n_10101410.html

I know the report is all over the net, but you should try to give a cite when you mention something like that.

[montanacowboy]

4. We love killing animals in this country

We love killing people and animals, kill kill kill

Sickening

[Botany]

6. That is not true ... Park workers hate to put an animal down

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/477693489/wildlife-biologists-manage-bear-interactions-in-americas-national-parks

[Worried senior]

8. I agree with you

people's idea of sport in this country is sickening and in this case it wasn't for sport but ignorance.

[turbinetree]

5. Its alright for humans to get a taste of the wild meat--------------------

but when "human" gets bitten----------------------hold on folks, its not ok, because "we humans" are smarter than the wild animals--------------------this is just sickening, and stupid.

Did this "human" have oh, I don't know some food laying around, or how about some food wrappers?

Was the food hung up, so the bear couldn't have access-------------they use there nose more than there eyes