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Water Cooler Time: Kill The Bear, Or Spare It?

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OK, travelers, a new topic has been raised in Reader Forums. If the grizzly sow being held in Yellowstone National Park fed on the body of a hiker found last week, should she be killed?

And if so, what about her cubs? Visit our Reader Forums to continue this discussion.

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If there is evidence that once a bear has eaten human flesh it will be more likely to attack a human again then the bear must be removed. I'm not sure whether that is "rural" myth or reality though I did hear the bear in this attack http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012080/Yellowstone-National-Par... did later attack again. Can anyone confirm/rebut?

If removal is necessary the next question is how? Relocation or killing? Relocation to another lower 48 park probably would not provide a solution - just a different menu. Alaska would seem the most rational place but that expense could be hard to justify. Maybe all those clamoring to save the bear could send in $$ to fund the transfer.


EC, your answer is in the forums....


Thanks - I realized after the fact I posted in the wrong spot.


If a bear walked into Cody, knocked over some trash cans and charged some shoppers downtown, there's a case for destroying it. She invaded our space. But when we go to Yellowstone, we are invading hers. Trips into the wild, or even the semi-wild, entail a degree of risk. Surely, our national parks qualify as at least semi-wild, or ought to. For me, it's buyer beware. Or hiker beware.


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