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Mine workers see bears fight to the death
Anchorage Daily News ^ | July 21, 2006 | ANDREW MILLER

Posted on 07/21/2006 9:11:39 AM PDT by skeptoid

SITKA -- About 20 workers at the Greens Creek mine watched this week as a juvenile brown bear was chased around buildings and vehicles at a work area before it was caught, killed and partially eaten by a slightly larger bear.

A company official said the kill came after a 30-minute chase Tuesday afternoon through the heart of Greens Creek mining operations 20 miles south of Juneau on northern Admiralty Island.

Bill Oelklaus, environmental manager for the Greens Creek Mining Co., said the bears made two passes through a work area adjacent to the underground mine before the larger bear caught up with the juvenile and quickly killed it.

Oelklaus said the bears ran among a scattering of light-industrial buildings, vehicles and an office building, occasionally passing within a few feet of mine workers.

"Neither bear seemed to notice that there was anyone there," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; animalrights; bears; brownbear; environment; greenscreek; kill; mineworkers
The bear just doesn't care!
1 posted on 07/21/2006 9:11:42 AM PDT by skeptoid
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To: skeptoid

Where was PETA to arrest that Big Bad Bear?


2 posted on 07/21/2006 9:13:34 AM PDT by hubbubhubbub
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To: skeptoid

Another disproportional response.


3 posted on 07/21/2006 9:13:36 AM PDT by mikeus_maximus (Hey George! Read OUR lips: Build the wall!)
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To: skeptoid

Another disproportional response.


4 posted on 07/21/2006 9:13:38 AM PDT by mikeus_maximus (Hey George! Read OUR lips: Build the wall!)
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To: skeptoid

How horrible! Somebody should have stepped in and broken up that fight...

...or not.

:-D )))


5 posted on 07/21/2006 9:15:05 AM PDT by RichInOC (...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I just couldn't resist.)
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To: skeptoid

apparently the baby bear had too much porridge.........


6 posted on 07/21/2006 9:16:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: skeptoid

Some days you eat the bear. And some days the bear eats you. Which in this case is true no matter which one you're talking about!


7 posted on 07/21/2006 9:17:26 AM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: skeptoid

But Nature is all about living in harmony...this has to be the fault of some Republican.


8 posted on 07/21/2006 9:19:21 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Remember, the Liberals Hate Us More than They Hate Bush.)
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To: skeptoid

"The juvenile bear was a female."Typical overbearing,sexist male.


9 posted on 07/21/2006 9:20:13 AM PDT by Thombo2
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To: saganite

There must be a kink in the food chain.........


10 posted on 07/21/2006 9:21:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: skeptoid

I really didn't know that bears did that.


11 posted on 07/21/2006 9:23:05 AM PDT by altura (Bushbot No. 1 - get in line.)
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To: skeptoid
This event plays itself out in microcosm at my place every time I bring home a new bone from the butcher...


12 posted on 07/21/2006 9:26:58 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: altura
As far as Br'er Bear is concerned, there is no such thing as 'Bad Bruin Behavior'.
13 posted on 07/21/2006 9:27:03 AM PDT by skeptoid
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To: altura

Male grizzlies (bruins) often kill young bears, whom they see as a threat. Very common bear trait. Sad, but true. The mothers (sows) get very testy whenever a bruin gets near her cubs.


14 posted on 07/21/2006 9:29:32 AM PDT by mallardx
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To: rightinthemiddle

It just proves that mining and logging has stressed the animals to the point where they are no longer holding hands and singing Kumbaya - the only choice is to immediately stop all resource extraction in Alaska...

< /drivel>


15 posted on 07/21/2006 9:47:23 AM PDT by A. Goodwin
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To: skeptoid

Bear... It's what's for dinner!


16 posted on 07/21/2006 9:55:01 AM PDT by heldmyw
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To: skeptoid

Now, according to the deluded "logic" of animal "rights" wackos, this bear should be tried for murder. If a living thing has rights, then it must also take responsibility for its actions. The two do not exist independently. You have both or you have none.


17 posted on 07/21/2006 10:03:42 AM PDT by SALChamps03
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To: skeptoid

" a juvenile brown bear was chased around buildings and vehicles at a work area before it was caught, killed and partially eaten by a slightly larger bear."

See what global warming does?


18 posted on 07/21/2006 10:03:55 AM PDT by JSteff
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To: skeptoid

Bush's fault. This never would have happened on Al Gore's watch!


19 posted on 07/21/2006 10:06:18 AM PDT by ovrtaxt (We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
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To: A. Goodwin
You've got a point. The caribou should be barred from hanging around the pipeline and these hooligan bears should be banned from Greens Creek property. After all, these industrial/infrastructure sites are not desirable habitat for the hairy critters!
20 posted on 07/21/2006 10:45:59 AM PDT by skeptoid
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