Shooting of bears stirs outcry

Sacramento Bee ^ | 2/10/5 | Barte Osborn

[SmithL]

I guess this cabin wasn't "just right."

[Enterprise]

Evidently the bears didn't s..t in the woods.

[goldstategop]

The PETA animal rights nuts - well I can see they value animals over human beings. The cabin owners made the right decision. And now they're being terrorized by enviro wackos. Where's the justice?

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[governsleastgovernsbest]

The homeowners should have waited until after they were mauled by the bears.

[Red Badger]

We have a constitutional right to arm bears!......

[Sender]

They should have kept their porridge suspended from a tree.

[goldstategop]

Uh huh - the same lovey dovey types who want America to exit from the planet. Those people are sick - they put bears ahead of the safety of little children.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[Bikers4Bush]

"which had entered the crawl space through an unsecured door."

No sympathy for the owners. Given their stupidity, being forced to leave the bears until srping would have been a good way for them to learn to make sure the place was locked up tight.

[goldstategop]

"Bears have an inalienable right to sleep in a house; humans don't." New Liberal 11th Commandment.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[goldstategop]

They secured their back country house the best they could. They sure as heck didn't expect Momma Bear and two babies to squeeze through the crawl space. No one has the foresight to secure against every eventuality.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[SolidRedState]

The only good bear is a dead bear.

[Bigturbowski]

"which had entered the crawl space through an unsecured door."

No sympathy for the owners. Given their stupidity, being forced to leave the bears until srping would have been a good way for them to learn to make sure the place was locked up tight.


I agree! My question is, whatever happened to tranquilizing and relocating animals? I see this all the time on Croc Hunter. Should have called ol' Steve Irwin.

[animoveritas]

Just big varmits...and now warm rugs.

[BufordP]

Can you really secure a cabin from bear invasion? Considering they have the strength to rip doors off of automobiles.

[kenth]

"They secured their back country house the best they could."

Actually, no they didn't.

"which had entered the crawl space through an unsecured door."

The threats of violence are ridiculous. But, these people didn't have the bears killed for anyone's safety, they had them killed so they could get the insurance people in there right away.

[Bikers4Bush]

I wouldn't exactly call anything in the Lake Tahoe area "back country".

[DannyTN]

"The bear family had helped themselves to food from the pantry and to couch cushions and blankets from the beds. "

"This couch cushion is too soft."
"This couch cushion is too hard."
"This couch cushion is just right."

[Bikers4Bush]

"Considering they have the strength to rip doors off of automobiles."

Grizzlies or polar bears maybe, I doubt these were either.

[Varda]

Unfortunately for the poor bears, they had no fear of humans. Fear of humans is a good thing in a wild animal. Hunting season teaches the survivors the place of humanity in the food chain.

[goldstategop]

The Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is forested and gorgeous. The views are well - let's just say you'd want to wake up every day of you life and look at the lake and forest first thing just before sunrise. Its the ultimate getaway from civilization.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."