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.
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Where was PETA to arrest that Big Bad Bear?
Another disproportional response.
Another disproportional response.
How horrible! Somebody should have stepped in and broken up that fight...
...or not.
:-D )))
apparently the baby bear had too much porridge.........
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!
But Nature is all about living in harmony...this has to be the fault of some Republican.
"The juvenile bear was a female."Typical overbearing,sexist male.
There must be a kink in the food chain.........
I really didn't know that bears did that.
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.
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...
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Bear... It's what's for dinner!
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.
" 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?
Bush's fault. This never would have happened on Al Gore's watch!
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