How is it "rediculously" out of whack?
Are you telling me that a bear knows the difference between a human and other wildlife he's looking to eat?
Sure I feel sorry for the mother and children. I'm an RN, parent and grandparent.....I do have compassion. And I also have common sense. I never took my kids into the wilderness where there was a chance of a bear attacking us.
Black bears normaly do not eat a lot of meat, mostly vegetarian. When a black bear attacks it is mostly in that bears perception of defense. That being said, some animals, like some humans, are just plain mean.
Bears are returning to territory where they haven't existed for 100 years. Kind of like the illegal immigration controversy: I'm not willing to give up my right to a safe walk along local trails because black bears are moving back in. Bears (and cougars) are inconvenient neighbors.
Either you mean you never took your kids to the wilderness anywhere that you were aware a bear could attack you, or you have never been to a part of wilderness that has bears. One NEVER knows when and where a bear may show up, you don't have to be in the wilderness, even places that haven't seen bears for over a century are getting visits from them once in a while. Your ideas about bears hunting wildlife implies your lack of knowledge on what bears usually eat. This bear is dangerous and needs to be killed.
Some places are worth the risk, because it is extremely rare. Your sympathy for the bear, without voicing any sympathy for the girl killed, the baby mauled, and the injured mother facing the possible loss of 2 children puts you dangerously close to PETA-land. Whether you actually think that way or not, you should have realized your post would come accross that way.
Yes he does, unless he's been fed by or is harrassed by idiots who get all their knowledge about the outdoors from Disney nature films. Bears and other predators have a natural fear of humans and will usually go out of their way to avoid contact with them, unless they're threatened or have been conditioned to view people as a source of food.
And these days, with development sprawling all over and predator populations exploding in the decreasing wilderness areas because the Bambi-huggers won't allow any kind of population control, the areas where you're likely to encounter bears and other predators aren't so remote any more.
It is rEdiculously out of whack ..because the whack is sport killing, or killing for the fun of it is OK. But acting on natural instinct is not.
Bear Kills 93 Year-Old New Mexico Woman
The 100-pound elderly woman didn't have a chance against a 275-pound bear in the kitchen of her home...
A 93-year-old New Mexico woman was mauled to death by a black bear that broke into her home over the weekend, stunned wildlife officials have confirmed.
Adelia Maestas Trujillo of Cleveland, in north-central New Mexico, was killed "by multiple bite injuries," said Scott Wilson, associate director of the Office of Medical Investigator.…
http://www.maineguides.org/referendum/bear_attacks02.shtml