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Doing their jobs wrote on Jun 16, 2008 7:21 AM:
Talk to ODF&W about why the bears are shot in situations such as this. It is not about police from a small "hick town" as one put it, and they simply did as they are trained, by ODF&W, to handle these situations.
Mike wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:55 PM:
No there is not Jeff. Once a wild animal that can range from 300 to 500 lbs. Can rip your head off in a swipe and can crush bone with a bite - gets used to humans, it is all over for the bear. You run the risk of an attack and I can tell you it can be fatal.
Despite what you guys think, they are not pets. They are not like a stray cat or dog. They may seem nice coming up to you to take food, but be assured they can turn in an instant.
You can't outrun a bear. They can run as fast as 30 mph in a sprint.
So stop wearing your heart on your sleeve. They are dangerous animals in our element.
As far as running them back out to the woods, no deal! Bears are essentially lazy food finders and they will re-find the easy food back in town.
Do not leave pet food on the stoop or feed them scraps because you think it is neat. When you do that, you ruin the wildlife.
Despite what you guys think, they are not pets. They are not like a stray cat or dog. They may seem nice coming up to you to take food, but be assured they can turn in an instant.
You can't outrun a bear. They can run as fast as 30 mph in a sprint.
So stop wearing your heart on your sleeve. They are dangerous animals in our element.
As far as running them back out to the woods, no deal! Bears are essentially lazy food finders and they will re-find the easy food back in town.
Do not leave pet food on the stoop or feed them scraps because you think it is neat. When you do that, you ruin the wildlife.
Dan - NB wrote on Jun 15, 2008 6:03 PM:
It never ceases to amaze me the way these animal lovers think. I guess they think the Reedsport police keep a tranquilizer gun on hand. Interestingly most of these animal loving liberals have no problem killing an unborn human.
jeff wrote on Jun 14, 2008 9:21 PM:
You need to print that it was a baby bear, a baby bear that was seperated from his parents. way to go reedsport police, you all should take a lesson on learning how to shoot a tranquilizer gun, there are other options than just killing things
sheila wrote on Jun 14, 2008 10:30 AM:
This is such a joke, it takes the same amount of energy from these cops to shoot something dead, that it would take to shoot a sleeper dart at the animal and move it out of the city. I live in the neighborhood, and i saw the bear on more than 1 occation, and the last thing i would do is to call the police about it. And the next one will be euthanizied when caought WHY, why does it have to die, that makes no sence, oh wait, we are dealing with police officers from a small hick town.
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