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Capt.Rocky300

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9. Very sad and unnecessary in our educated opinion........

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2015, 09:31 PM

Sep 2015

If he was aggressive he'd have demonstrated well known bear behavior such and grunting, padding the ground, and charging. He did none of that. He just sauntered up and sniffed. What is not known to the public is if the woman was having her period. It attracts male bears as well as other wild animals. That's all according to my wife, a certified wildlife rehabber who has had many years of experience with just about every type of critter there is.

Most state officials are clueless about wild animals. Seen it many times.

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Bear that nuzzled hiker is fatally shot by state officials [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2015 OP

If an animal is inconvenient, just kill it. Coventina Sep 2015 #1

Hey, that's what they're there for LiberalElite Sep 2015 #7

Hi again, LiberalElite ailsagirl Sep 2015 #10

If a bear has lost its fear of humans, yes, unfortunately Recursion Sep 2015 #23

today a nuzzle, tomorrow a fatal attack. nt msongs Sep 2015 #2

As the saying goes: left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #3

Foolish. Just fucking stupid. mahannah Sep 2015 #4

It's a wild animal not a pet. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #5

Someone forgot to tell the bear nt LiberalElite Sep 2015 #8

Instinct is supposed to tell them geek tragedy Sep 2015 #16

Yes...and instinct tells me to stay the fuck away from jaysunb Sep 2015 #19

If the bear had wanted to hurt her passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #13

It does mean the bear is habituated to people. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #15

Are you kidding me? The human had intentionally invaded the bears' space. The Stranger Sep 2015 #35

what matters is that it's perfectly comfortable approaching people. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #36

The problem is the bear now thinks of people as a safe thing to be around Recursion Sep 2015 #24

"if you love bears, you do not want them to love you back" Matariki Sep 2015 #29

They did the right thing DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #6

Very sad and unnecessary in our educated opinion........ Capt.Rocky300 Sep 2015 #9

Excellent response, Capt.Rocky300 ailsagirl Sep 2015 #11

But it wasn't his first encounter TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2015 #12

Menstrual blood does not attract bears. Brickbat Sep 2015 #30

Tell that to the USFS........ Capt.Rocky300 Sep 2015 #31

They are outdated. Brickbat Sep 2015 #32

Once a bear has lost fear to actually touch (thats a young bear)he will kill when he's very hungry Sunlei Sep 2015 #37

One of the biggest problems with humans and wildlife, passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #14

thank goodness those people are not in my neighborhood, where we have had a number niyad Sep 2015 #17

"Nuzzled" seriously you think that is what happened? alphafemale Sep 2015 #18

Uh... that was the title of the article and as this is late breaking news, the OP 1monster Sep 2015 #20

Why don't they get out of the bear's home? So sick of this...... glinda Sep 2015 #21

That means that all humans have to leave everywhere on Earth. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #22

On our way anyways. glinda Sep 2015 #26

Scarcely DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #27

yup glinda Sep 2015 #28

Ironically svpadgham Sep 2015 #25

The wildlife guys are edgy. BillH2 Sep 2015 #33

Maybe the solution is to keep the people out of the bears' space. The Stranger Sep 2015 #34

Just trap the bear and take it to far northern Canada, FFS. roamer65 Sep 2015 #38