Officials kill grizzly bears to head-off lawsuits before they arise

Bear Attack Examiner ^ | July 31, 2010 | Dave Smith

[WVKayaker]

Cold read:

Officials kill grizzly bears to head-off lawsuits dead people before they arise

[Katya]

Seriously? lawsuits gone crazy. Does the public really expect the rangers to protect them from the wild animals. You enter a wildlife area at your own risk.

[Sacajaweau]

Do we really need these grizzlies at all??

[donhunt]

Can’t this same rule be applied to illegals?

[mamelukesabre]

I dunno, do we really need you?

[Da Coyote]

“Do we really need these grizzlies at all??”

Ah, finally the right question is being asked.

[george76]

The ESA protections on grizzly bears as “ endangered “ should be removed.

Then allow grizzly bear hunting

[donhunt]

Ya, the libs can go up to them and give them a big hug. How warm and fuzzy.

[Ditter]

Being mauled by a bear would be one of the worst things I can think of. The wounds would get horribly infected no matter how they cleaned them. The recovery would take a long time.

[Sacajaweau]

I went back and looked at what the enviro folks were doing....200 field folks...getting hair samples and doing DNA tests to determine the population.

They bait areas to get these samples.

Lo and behold...this endangered species isn't so endangered after all.

"Bait It and They Will Come". We are stupid aren't we!!!

[hoosierham]

Do we really need these grizzlies at all??"

Rather than wipe out the species just make sure they are confined to a viable wildlife area;but stop pretending wild predators and humans can co-exist peacefully.(This also applies to two-legged predators).

[Tex-Con-Man]

I wonder if the new Health Care Reform bill covers anger management counseling for grizzlies.

I don't think rehab is out of the question when done by qualified government certified wildlife management mental health professionals.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

A somewhat gruesome end, turned into Grizzly bear feces.

[FreeReign]

Rather than wipe out the species just make sure they are confined to a viable wildlife area;but stop pretending wild predators and humans can co-exist peacefully.(This also applies to two-legged predators).

Well a national park is certainly a viable wildlife area.

[Sacajaweau]

Looking at the enviro method...They bait these bears with fish guts and cattle blood.

So if you're fishing in the Park, burn your clothes and douse yourself with clorox.

I'd be curious to find out if those last victims had been fishing. That smell doesn't go away.

[calex59]

Seriously? lawsuits gone crazy. Does the public really expect the rangers to protect them from the wild animals. You enter a wildlife area at your own risk.

If those same officials make it impossible for the individual to protect themselves from bears then, yes, they should get sued if they fail to protect the public. Either authorize the carrying of large bore handguns and rifles or shoot every Grizzly in the parks, or just shut the parks down altogether. People expect to be safe in the parks, unreasonable as that sounds, because they have been led to believe they will be safe.

There is no waiver that a person signs when they go into Yellowstone that absolves the Park Service if the tourist happens to get killed by a Grizzly or other animal. At the very least the dangers of being in the park or, as in the most recent case, near the park should be made very clear to the public.

[rabidralph]

Maybe we should get them classified as an "invasive species."

[Ditter]

My sister in law bought a house in Montana, after she bought it she learned it is right beside a Grizzly Bear Refuge. Guess what, they are not “confined”, they roam around the entire area even her yard.

[meadsjn]

Does the public really expect the rangers to protect them from the wild animals.

We expect government to NOT reintroduce or increase populations of dangerous animals that were either previously hunted out for good reason, or were never present in the lower 48.

These grizzly and wolf "reintroductions" are deliberate attempts to wipe out humans and/or keep us out of rural areas. It's a communist thing.