bear attack?!?!?!
read the article on www.kentucky.com. This bear had been relocated before.
it's funny that people are actually criticizing KDFWR for hunting the bear. i mean, really... if you've never personally come across a startled bear, then you don't get to be a part of that conversation. sorry.
whether the man provoked it or not (my money says yes), this bear is clearly unusual. there are a lot more bears in kentucky than people think. you may not have seen one, but one's probably seen you.
Elsewhere in the state (yes--Kentucky), you can entice a bear to get up on a picnic table with you (or, as I have seen it, with your 3 year old kid for a photo op). That's what you call "strike one". Three strikes = slug to the back of the bear's head, no exceptions. still think that this is out of line?
whether the man provoked it or not (my money says yes), this bear is clearly unusual. there are a lot more bears in kentucky than people think. you may not have seen one, but one's probably seen you.
Elsewhere in the state (yes--Kentucky), you can entice a bear to get up on a picnic table with you (or, as I have seen it, with your 3 year old kid for a photo op). That's what you call "strike one". Three strikes = slug to the back of the bear's head, no exceptions. still think that this is out of line?
I don't think people are criticizing KDFWR for hunting the bear, I think most people are discontent with the fact that the bear has to be hunted in the first place, and wish the attack did not happen, especially if the "victim" could have avoided the situation. KDFWR has to do what it has to do.
How you compare may not be as important as to whom you are compared
in any case, blue-heelers are cowards:
"She took off like a bullet," he said.
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/29/1327 ... ttack.html
"She took off like a bullet," he said.
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/29/1327 ... ttack.html
-
captain static
- Posts: 2438
- Joined: Mon Oct 07, 2002 6:05 pm
Bear attack victim tells NEWSFIRST about ordeal - http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/97362284.html
"Be responsible for your actions and sensitive to the concerns of other visitors and land managers. ... Your reward is the opportunity to climb in one of the most beautiful areas in this part of the country." John H. Bronaugh
Don't you think it's kind of funny that so many are quick to blame the hiker for the attack? His story rings true to those that know anything about bears, but a lot of people on this forum seem to think he must be lying. The fact that the bear has something like three tags in his ears, and may have been previously relocated would indicate that this is a "problem bear". If anyone's at fault, it's probably not the hiker or the bear, but whoever "taught" this bear to associate humans with food. Maybe it was trash in an insecure container, a bird feeder, or even blatant feeding of the bear that caused the problem, not the hiker. Then again, this might have just been "one of those bears", or one with a health problem that made it difficult to pursue it's normal prey. But lay off the poor guy that got chomped, if he made any mistake at all, it's probably just that he didn't immediately recognize the bear as a threat, but... who would?