Innocent Bear Killed!

[ViVincent]

Ok, i live in a small rural town of about 2500 people. Today we hit the state news because we had a bear in the middle of town that had climbed into a tree and wouldnt come down. Streets were closed off and news choppers rolled in. All big news that the whole town knew of within the day. But the landowner decided it was a nuisance, so instead of catching and releasing the bear or tranquilizing it. They killed it! I mean what did the bear do? He got lost in a town! WTF Heartless man killed an innocent Bear.

[Clouded Sky]

First, I must say I am dually outraged! First off, because I didn't make it on TV, and second off cuz they shot the poor bear. It was SOOOO cute. It wouldn't have been that hard for them to get it down. Those heartless sons of.......

[strawberryman]

I am speechless and outraged. One of which is a lie. (most likely not the outraged part.)

People suck.

[nik0tine]

Sounds like killing the bear was unnecessary. People are assholes.

[DMKA]

[Gollum]

Some people are just dickheads.

[Rase]

Awww, bears rule. Right up there with wolves.


Stupid people.

[Rinen]

Has this bear been exposed to human food? If it has, it wouldn't mind going off and grabbing more of it, a hazard towards a community. Anyways, that was a case similar to up here in Alaska. Except this bear got into beer and drank the whole twelve pack. It was drunk, climbed up a tree, and passed out. It was lured down into a cage with a six pack of MGD and some donuts. I haven't heard much of that little alcoholic since then. Perhaps he's out in AA for bears. If it's been overly exposed to human food through garbage, tourists, feeding, then it will go for more. However, I can't really say about this one because I have no idea about it's history.

[fire_of_avalon]

This happens once every couple of years around here, same with the wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, feral dogs and even the hawks and eagles (the latter of which are released in these parts for protection; tell that to the owner of the trout pond). In some cases these animals DO become threats to people and their livestock, but I still don't think that's reason enough to kill them. I think it's really, really ridiculous, unecessary and cruel to kill an animal just because it's "a nuisance". Grrrr.

EDIT: Oh, and this is probably better off in Eyes on The World.

[Rye]

That sucks. It didn't hurt anyone. :/

[Lionx]

Happens all the time...no one is getting prosecuted so there.

[Chris]

That's so sad, what has this world come to?

[Sasquatch]

It may not have been too bad of an idea. As has been pointed out, the bear might become a threat or a nuisance to the community. Sure, they could have tranquilized it, that would probably have been the better idea, but what would they do with it then? Put it back into the wild, so it could track down another neighborhood? I'm not supporting the shooting, but sometimes you've got to look at both sides of the coin.

It also depends somewhat on what kind of bear this was, and what it's typical diet is.

People hunt bears all the time, are those people evil too?

(I probably don't want to ask that...)

[DMKA]

People hunt bears all the time, are those people evil too?

(I probably don't want to ask that...)

Oh, with me in this thread? Believe me, you don't.

I mean if it was attacking people or something that'd be one thing...but that's just messed up...it didn't harm anyone.

And hunting...well...don't get me started.

[Lionx]

Yeah i have to wonder too...since when do we hunt for food these days anyway? I mean if it was for food i would think..well sure i guess...(even though its a bear O_o i mean who would want to eat a damn bear?).