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Hiker hospitalized after bear that 'came out of nowhere' attacks near Sierra Madre - LA Times
LA Times ^ | 10/10/2016 | Joseph Serna and Matt Hamilton

Posted on 10/11/2016 1:37:30 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009

Hiker hospitalized after bear that 'came out of nowhere' attacks near Sierra Madre - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bear-attack-sierra-madre-hiker-20161010-snap-story.html

"An estimated 25,000 to 30,000 black bears live in California, though the animals are more commonly seen in Central and Northern California.

The larger and more bellicose grizzly bear was wiped out in the state more than 90 years ago, *although in recent years there has been a modest campaign to reintroduce the animal here."

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: attack; bear; maul; mtwilson; wildlife
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To: Mr. Douglas

“BTW, if you notice that list, most of the attacks are in canada and alaska. That’s why I was careful to say the ‘continental US”. But to clarify, I really meant lower 48. “

OK. But my link still shows about 30 compared to your 11 cited.


41 posted on 10/11/2016 2:26:11 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Mr. Douglas

” Apparently black bear attacks are VERY rare (11 deaths in the continental US is 120 years)”

That is liberal horse $hit. 120 deaths in 11 years would be closer to the truth.

“Black bears have killed 61 people across North America since 1900.”
http://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/black-bear/bears-a-humans/119-how-dangerous-are-black-bears.html

This site lists 61, but my guess is that it is way low.

Liberals fudge the numbers so they can convince other liberals that bears/wolves/cougars/ ect are harmless.


42 posted on 10/11/2016 2:30:31 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Giggles the pig for POTUS - 2016)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Don’t feed the trolls.

They become dependent on hand outs and no longer able to function in the wild.

:)


43 posted on 10/11/2016 2:31:39 PM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

I grew up in bear country. The one rule that every one knew and lived by is that bears kill

Grizzlies are dangerous. I did not advocate for their reintroduction into Calufornia.

If you live in critter country you live or die by their rules


44 posted on 10/11/2016 2:32:11 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Mr. Douglas

hmmm ...

“Bears that visit campgrounds, bird feeders, and garbage cans almost never kill people,”

Apparently this dude (latest black bear fatality) also read your website:


Ward was killed by a bear while he slept near the fire pit at his campsite. His fiancée who slept in a nearby motorhome discovered his partially consumed body the following morning. The bear was later shot and killed by conservation officers.[


45 posted on 10/11/2016 2:32:13 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Most of them are brown bears and outside the lower 48. ANd I did notice that between 1850 and today it had 25 attacks that lead to death.


46 posted on 10/11/2016 2:32:49 PM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: All

Meanwhile in the Daily Bear News ...

“HUMANS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE RELATES A. BEAR”

I was just minding my own business eating berries and searching for grubs, like any self-respecting bear, when suddenly, three members of homo sapiens showed up with odd looking hats and sticks. After I ate one of them, the other two ran away, problem solved. ...


47 posted on 10/11/2016 2:34:35 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Pray for enlightenment and true justice in these times of mass delusion)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

I’m thinking the bear came from somewhere.

It is the wild after all. Hint: Home to bears...


48 posted on 10/11/2016 2:37:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (28 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: All; Mr. Douglas
Mr. Douglas riding a bear he broke to saddle. Putin riding a bear photo: Mountain Man JasonRidingaBear.jpg
49 posted on 10/11/2016 2:40:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Just for perspective this article details North American bear attacks

http://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/news/trail-news/ask-a-bear-how-many-bear-attacks-really-2/

Getting your knickers in a twist is not useful


50 posted on 10/11/2016 2:40:43 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Nifster

You have that right. I see them often.


51 posted on 10/11/2016 2:46:07 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Those Californians should most certainly bring back the grizzly bear. Heck, bring in hundreds of thousands of them.


52 posted on 10/11/2016 2:48:14 PM PDT by Gator113 (Vote TRUMP!! -- "Because you'd be in Jail!")
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To: Beagle8U

Yes, for liberals then, it is not important when someone is severely mauled by a black bear as long as they survive. Most bear attacks are by black bears because they are the most common bears. Only Grizzlies hold a corridor in the lower 48 from roughly Glacier National Park on the Canadian border to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.


53 posted on 10/11/2016 2:56:26 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( Even more American than a French Bikini and a Russian AK-47)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

I hike up in that area often and know a little of the history. As late as 1940 there were Grizzlies and Brown Bears up there - thousands of Black bears too


54 posted on 10/11/2016 3:03:22 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.


55 posted on 10/11/2016 3:04:35 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

56 posted on 10/11/2016 3:20:54 PM PDT by SC DOC
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To: PLMerite

Best Monty Python bit, ever!


57 posted on 10/11/2016 3:25:51 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: Mr. Douglas

“I’m 6’1”, muscular and 240 lbs. I’m formidable to a 200 lb bear...a black bear would have to be rabid to attack me.”
_____________________________________

A 200 lb. black bear would eat your lunch in less than 10 seconds then crap you out the following morning.


58 posted on 10/11/2016 3:33:12 PM PDT by panaxanax
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To: SC DOC

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3479395/posts

Bear Spray Failure in Montana (video)
Gun Watch ^ | 4 October, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on Tue Oct 11 15:30:33 2016 by marktwain

Another documented bear spray failure.  In this case the victim chose to use bear spray instead of the pistol he had with him.  It is an interesting contrast with Kim Woodman, who was also charged by a sow grizzly with cubs.  Kim had a 10 mm pistol, a Glock model 20.  He stopped the charging grizzly at almost contact distance. Kim only had 30 yards to react.  Todd says the grizzly charged him from 80 yards off.


59 posted on 10/11/2016 3:35:01 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: Salamander

Ninja Bears


60 posted on 10/11/2016 4:19:40 PM PDT by kanawa (The 1st job of a 'community organizer' is to disorganize the community)
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