Posted on 07/22/2017 8:29:25 PM PDT by Ted73
"Their deaths have reignited the bitter debate over the presence of bears in the mountain range that straddles the French-Spanish border, where they were reintroduced 20 years ago after disappearing in the early 1990s."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Another example of over-involvement of the government if you ask me.
Those poor bears, forced to chase sheep! Couldn’t we just feed them environmentalists?
cause food poisoning the horror
When I go “out in the woods”, what I see is too many hikers, birdwatchers, dog walkers, tourists, joggers, and other unnatural fauna. I see reintroduction of large predators as a way to limit and cull these invasive organisms.
+1 ;-)
I wonder if the sheep were possessed by demons?
Mike Ditka.
Why can’t they just put up some Bear Free Zone signs?
nothing new
Go onto the American and Canadian prairies. The aboriginals used to drive bison off cliffs (”buffalo jumps”) to do a mass slaughter as part of their food gathering.
And practicing sustainable bison.... /sarc
This calls for claw control.
As a long time sheep farmer, I can tell you that sheep are born looking for a place to die.
ROTFL...as the descendant of several generations of sheep farmers, I can verify your assessment....
and, according to early settlers (and Mark Twain), they would only take the choicest bits leaving the rest to rot, trusting in the Great Spirit to provide them fresh buffalo every year
from a separate source,
” “The animals here have become especially fond of rapeseed oil, which is used in chain saws and large machinery.” Rauer recently dealt with a case involving a steam roller that a bear had dismantled to reach the oil in the hydraulic system — the most costly damage he has ever seen, says the biologist.”
If you ever farmed sheep, it is spot on in both illustrations and narrative.
What do you mean the sheep are ‘born looking for a place to die’? I have no experience in raising or herding livestock.
Are they glum and listless by nature?
If you were just joking, I guess I took the bait.
No mountain bikers screaming down the trails?
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