[ZULU]

"A 400-pound black bear that pounced on a Vernon hiker was not trying to eat her, New Jersey's top environmental official said Tuesday in refuting a description by his spokesman about Sunday's apparent attack in Wawayanda State Park."

Vass you dere Charlie????

This political hack is telegraphing the Democratic McGreevey Administration's intent to kill the proposed bear hunt - once again caving in to the Bambites in New Jersey.

[Rebelbase]

Seems like we are reading more news stories than usual about black bear attacks.

[Tired of Taxes]

PING

[joesnuffy]

All predators enjoying "protected" status become emboldened towards
their prey....
When people fight back and spill predator blood....
They become more docile shy and retireing
If there is one thing that all predators respect and fear...
Its armed prey...whether armed with teeth -claws- bad smell- venom -electricity
or just good ole American firepower
Predators soon learn who to mess with and who not to..its really that simple

[MarkL]

There's an old saying that for safetys sake, you need to wear bells and carry pepper spray when hiking in bear country. The bells are to alert the bears to your presence, so you don't suprise them, and the pepper spray is for protection, in case the bear doesn't run away.

The big question is how do you know if you're in bear country? Well, you look for dropping with bells in it, that smells like pepper spray!

Mark

[2oakes]

It's highly atypical behavior for a bear to behave in this predatory way..."

I guess the 7-11 was closed...

Haven't the bears heard that wild animals are supposed to be cute and cuddly?

[Alberta's Child]

Some things that should be pointed out regarding stories like this from places like northern New Jersey:

1. Black bears are herbivores, not carnivores, by nature. As a result, they generally avoid people and will rarely, if ever, "prey" on human beings or on any other animals for that matter.

2. Grizzly bears are generally carnivores, are much larger than black bears, and are more likely to attack humans than black bears are. Outside of zoos, there isn't a grizzly bear living within a thousand miles of New Jersey.

3. Having said that, there is an interesting difference in the temperaments of black bears and grizzly bears. Grizzly bear attacks on humans are almost always related to encounters in the wilderness involving a mother bear who is protecting her cubs, or involving an unfortunate human being who happens to find himself between an adult bear and a food source. Black bears, on the other hand, have been known on rare occasion to attack humans in the woods for no apparent reason at all. The incident described here is not likely to involve this type of attack, since these rare attacks involve black bears that "go nuts" for some reason and do not back down from their target like this.

[d-back]

Bradley Campbell, the head of DEP, is a Left Wing Party Hack for the ruling Democrats. He hates hunters and has been trying to erode the time-honored authority of the Fish and Game Council to determine the scope of hunting in New Jersey. He even wants to stack the Council with anti-hunting animal rights nuts.

No surprise that Campbell is now trying to cast doubt on this woman's first-hand testimony. Look for Fish and Game Council member Jack Schrier, the sole anti-hunting animal rights nut, to make statements in a similar vein.

NJ Hunters, if you're not a member of NRA, ANJRPC, NJ State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, or all of the above, you have no one to blame but yourself when hunting is ultimately banned here.

[Mat_Helm]

Did the bear look like this......and smell like a six pack of Labatt Blue......?

[fish hawk]

Joe Friday: "just the facts mam, the bear facts".

[Diddle E. Squat]

So the alleged victim made up the story of the bear attack? Is the victim named Wawayanda Brawley?