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Judge won't see Wyoming mauling site due to bear risk
The Billings Gazette ^ | August 03, 2012

Posted on 08/03/2012 8:09:10 AM PDT by george76

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The judge in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man killed by a grizzly bear has decided not to view the mauling site near Yellowstone National Park in person on the advice of the U.S. Marshals Service, which has deemed the area too risky because of recent bear activity.

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A 430-pound grizzly killed Erwin F. Evert, of Park Ridge, Ill., six miles east of Yellowstone in June, 2010. The male grizzly had just reawakened after being trapped, tranquilized and studied by members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, which is tasked with researching grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region.

Evert's widow, Yolanda Evert, has filed a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government, saying the researchers should not have trapped the bear so close to a trail and cabins. She also alleges they prematurely took down signs that warned passers-by of their work.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Montana; US: Washington; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; bear; bearattack; dow; grizzly; grizzlybear; grizzlybears

1 posted on 08/03/2012 8:09:21 AM PDT by george76
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To: jazusamo; girlangler; Flycatcher; proud_yank; SierraWasp; GladesGuru; LucyT; Brown Deer

Animals have more rights than humans ?


2 posted on 08/03/2012 8:11:21 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

US Marshal’s Service cowed by “bear threat” ! ! !

Have a few of the armed local residents accompany them and no injury to the precious skin of the Judge will occur, and the US Marshals will likewise be protected by the armed locals.

No guarantee about whether a bear rug might be created, however.

;-)

From the perspective of the widow and her lawsuit, this ‘official opinion’ can only help her case.

I can only hope the D.A. files Reckless Endangerment charges against the “Armed & Rangerous” whose enviro-whacko views are the real cause of this horrific death of one of America’s best botanists.


3 posted on 08/03/2012 8:18:22 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
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To: george76
Animals have more rights than humans ?

Yep.

Just like sodomists and other moral degenerates have more rights than normal married heterosexuals.

It's an upside-down America now, don'tcha know...

Thanks for the ping!

4 posted on 08/03/2012 8:21:52 AM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: george76

Give the judge some pepper spray and send him up...Call a bear-whisperer. Both worked so well for Timothy Treadwell...


5 posted on 08/03/2012 8:27:37 AM PDT by donozark (Not all heroes wear tights and a cape.)
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To: george76

I wonder just how in the heck those nearby residents are surviving when the US Mashalls Service and a judge won’t go near the place?

Animals have more rights for sure.


6 posted on 08/03/2012 8:31:52 AM PDT by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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The male grizzly had just reawakened after being trapped, tranquilized and studied by members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team

Now, THAT'S one pissed off bear.

7 posted on 08/03/2012 8:34:50 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: george76

Them bears do get mean sometimes.

8 posted on 08/03/2012 9:51:19 AM PDT by theDentist (FYBO/FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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