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Vinca

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46. She was killing because she was hungry.

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 07:26 AM

Aug 2015

If she'd wandered into the suburbs and killed someone making barbeque in the backyard, it would be one thing, but she was in the woods. Where bears live. She was hunting and this guy didn't even have bear repellant with him. Sheesh! In addition, she had cubs. Is there anything more dangerous than a mama grizzly with cubs? I don't think so. People in this country have the mindset that everything harmful must be killed. Which reminds me, he was allowed to carry a firearm into the national park so he might have defended himself when attacked. But he didn't. If I went scuba diving with great whites outside a cage, I'd expect to get eaten. Why is hiking alone in a national park filled with grizzly bears and mountain lions any different?

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Yellowstone grizzly euthanized, cubs sent to facility [View all] uppityperson Aug 2015 OP

So the lions and rhinos can drink out of them? KamaAina Aug 2015 #1

picky picky picky. Darn autocorrect uppityperson Aug 2015 #4

Would autocorrect saddle us with the Chicago Cups? KamaAina Aug 2015 #13

I didn't know that cosumption of the virgogal Aug 2015 #2

There is a big difference between defending your cubs and acting on eating a person. uppityperson Aug 2015 #5

Grizzlies are top predators . . . markpkessinger Aug 2015 #12

A mama bear charged me, then ran off. I didn't get eaten. uppityperson Aug 2015 #22

Yikes. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2015 #41

I'm glad you weren't eaten, too! markpkessinger Aug 2015 #42

They should send the cubs to the Appalachian Bear Rescue Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #3

I was wrong, they sent to a "facility", accredited. I'm not sure where, looks like they'll uppityperson Aug 2015 #6

The cubs have already eaten human flesh if mom has. TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #15

Who's this "we"? Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #25

"We" as in "the public" TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #33

Well, that bear lives in the park. The humans are just visiting Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #37

I don't think the cubs are going to be destroyed TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #38

The cubs aren't being destroyed, GGJohn Aug 2015 #43

I still don't get it HassleCat Aug 2015 #7

I don't get it either. City Lights Aug 2015 #10

It is that that this one bear has likely developed a new taste for hiker meat. Easy pickings too. Hortensis Aug 2015 #11

Grizzlies are opportunistic predators , , , markpkessinger Aug 2015 #20

Your comparisons are silly..... Logical Aug 2015 #21

Before you conclude that HassleCat Aug 2015 #26

Often, that which advertises itself as logical is anything but. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #29

You are usual are wrong. But i think you know that. You just like posting. Nt Logical Aug 2015 #35

Funny, but how many demands? A great wave resulting in suicide fencing at all falls, perhaps? Hortensis Aug 2015 #32

People kill themselves. The trail does not kill them. The bears.... Logical Aug 2015 #36

Yellowstone kind of is Disney World TransitJohn Aug 2015 #47

Killing a poor bear for what she was supposed to do Politicalboi Aug 2015 #8

Research has shown relocating bears doesn't work. They go back home, eating what they uppityperson Aug 2015 #9

Right, and let's not forget that nature tends to cull overly aggressive animals. Hortensis Aug 2015 #18

Bear has learned that humans are edible and tasty. Likely to look for this food source again. nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Aug 2015 #14

Humans have always been a food source for bears. tabasco Aug 2015 #16

Actually, it really, really does. Check with the experts. The Park Service employs lots of them. Hortensis Aug 2015 #19

This is ridiculous. Vinca Aug 2015 #17

The bear is dying because she ate and cached the hiker. Not because a hiker was in her uppityperson Aug 2015 #23

This took place in the forest, correct? Vinca Aug 2015 #28

Yes, but the bear didn't "die because a hiker was in its habitat" but because she ate and stored uppityperson Aug 2015 #39

I just can't understand why people can't comprehend this CatWoman Aug 2015 #45

She was killing because she was hungry. Vinca Aug 2015 #46

While I do realize that human beings must be protected - - - hamsterjill Aug 2015 #24

I root for the animals because people suck, generally. alarimer Aug 2015 #48

As a hiker I agree with this. DCBob Aug 2015 #27

I think it's kind of like with tigers. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2015 #30

Joke relevant to your question: tblue37 Aug 2015 #31

This report just pisses me off even more. lonestarnot Aug 2015 #34

Well, guess what sorefeet Aug 2015 #40

Why do we expect bears not to be bears? AtomicKitten Aug 2015 #44

She ate one human, so she now knew humans could be a source of food. LisaL Aug 2015 #49