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Bear that bit hiker euthanized despite Facebook opposition
Knoxville News Sentinel ^
| May 21, 2010
| Nash Armstrong
Posted on 05/21/2010 5:30:13 AM PDT by don-o
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials euthanized a 60-pound female black bear Thursday afternoon that attacked a hiker and ended up becoming an Internet cause celebre.
Wildlife biologists determined the young bear that park rangers captured May 13 bit the foot of an unidentified man who got too close with a camera as he was hiking along the popular Laurel Falls Trail the day before.
Park spokeswoman Nancy Gray said park policy dictates that all animals who attack humans must be euthanized. The bear was put down "in a humane manner," according to a National Park Service news release Thursday.
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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: bear; bit; blackbear; despite; euthanized; facebook; greatsmokymountains; hiker; nationalpark; opposition
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:30:13 AM PDT
by
don-o
To: don-o
To: don-o
Take one or two of these when hiking.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:33:30 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: don-o
I’ve walked that trail many many many times I always worried more about the wild hogs than bears.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:33:36 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: don-o
Jeez. They got Poo Bear, who’s next, Tigger?
To: Kartographer
See #3. Good for hogs too.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:34:14 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Kartographer
To: Gadsden1st
Next, PETA will be pushing to euthanize the hiker and save the poor bear.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:34:32 AM PDT
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: Kartographer
Please,,, don’t anyone post about illegal aliens!!
To: don-o
youbetcha....I always use a .338 winchester magnum to humanely put down a bruin.....
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:37:32 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: don-o
That just goes to show exactly how worthless “Facebook Friends” are when the chips are REALLY down...
;-)
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:38:03 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Gadsden1st
Be quite they might hear you!
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:38:48 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: don-o
The hiker is pretty stupid for getting so close when taking pics that the bear could bite him. He’s lucky it was just a baby. Dumba$$.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:39:59 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
(Proudly posting without a tagline since 2001)
To: Paladin2
Take one or two of these when hiking...
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:41:13 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: don-o
Hiker annoys bear. Bear reacts in bear-like fashion. Bear gets euthanized. When slickers hit the woods.
When wild animals encroach on human areas, neutralize the threat immediately. When people encroach in wild areas, they should know proper behavior or suffer the consequences.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:41:42 AM PDT
by
j.argese
(Liberal thought process = oxymoron)
To: cjshapi
prolly more lucky that mama bear wasn’t right there.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:42:03 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
To: Vaquero
Isn't that a little fancy for back country work?
It will likely bark at a bear, but only after you see it.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:44:45 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Vaquero
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:47:56 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Vaquero
Will that stop a rushing Grizzly? Or just get it angry?
Yes, I'm gun ignorant. I'm Canadian.
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:49:29 AM PDT
by
deadrock
(Liberty is a bitch that needs to be bedded on a mattress of cadavers.)
To: don-o
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posted on
05/21/2010 5:51:58 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Play it, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'.")
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