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BillH2

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33. The wildlife guys are edgy.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2015, 02:36 PM

Sep 2015

Two of them got charged by a bear earlier in the week, so they say. That might have made them a little trigger happy. I think it might have that effect on me.

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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They are outdated.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