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09/27/2011 11:43:58 AM · #1 |
World famous black bear Hope is believed killed
From Internet celebrity to hunter's trophy, all within a year. A big congrats to the brave hunter who got close enough to this dangerous animal to take her down. She wasn't wearing a collar, so it's all above board.
I hope they follow up the webcam footage of her birth with the hunter-cam showing how he tracked her. Nice work! |
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09/27/2011 12:17:20 PM · #2 |
Shooting animals is sad, unless they're invading your house, affecting your health, or you're hungry.
Some places are overrun with deer, and people are allowed to hunt a quota to help with population control. I read somewhere about deer overpopulation having something to do with a growing tick problem. Ticks are very bad for humans, which I don't like, as I value humans over deer.
When I did a lot of geology work in the bush of the north, I was just as wary of being shot by a careless hunter as I was of running into a bear.
Too bad a celebrity bear may be shot, but why should that bear have any more rights than regular Joe Blow bear... unless its name is O.J.
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09/27/2011 12:27:38 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
When I did a lot of geology work in the bush of the north, I was just as wary of being shot by a careless hunter as I was of running into a bear. |
Have you been wearing that bear outfit again? |
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09/27/2011 12:48:23 PM · #4 |
Okay....so why *wasn't* this famous, historic bear wearing the collar???? There needs to be some accountability there. All the anti-hunting/-gun people may be upset, but that seems to me to be a fairly glaring error on someone's part. Seems like Doc Rogers needs a slap upside the head......just sayin'......
Here in central Pennsylvania, millions of dollars in accident and crop damage is done annually by deer alone since all their natural predators have been eliminated and we keep putting housing developments in their grazing and living areas.
And if you've never had a local wandering bear in your neck of the woods who will tear up damn near anything to get to your food, you don't have a clue as to how determined and destructive they can be.
I'd like to hear the result of the inquiry when, and if, the situation ever gets sorted out.
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
When I did a lot of geology work in the bush of the north, I was just as wary of being shot by a careless hunter as I was of running into a bear. |
Rest assured, Slippy.....they're gunning for you, it ain't unintentional! LOL!!!
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09/27/2011 03:06:35 PM · #5 |
Habituating a bear to humans and not collaring it or making it clear that this is no longer a wild bear seems like a remarkably stupid act. I blame the research team more than the hunter for this sad outcome.
As far as the utility of hunting, most hunters I know are conservationists who do more for habitat than almost any non-hunter I know. They eat their kills ( or share them with friends :) and in a country where food is plentiful and predators sparse, have an important role in maintaining a viable population level.
I live in an area that is too populated to allow hunting, so the deer population goes through cycles of overpopulation and over grazing and famine and disease then population crash. The only predators left are cars that drive too fast at night. Culling of the deer other than by drivers, would make a healthier population. |
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