Comments on: Who Pissed Off the Bears? http://archive.mensjournal.com/who-pissed-off-the-bears Sat, 18 May 2013 03:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Barbara Miers http://archive.mensjournal.com/who-pissed-off-the-bears#comment-19875 Barbara Miers Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:12:32 +0000 http://www.mensjournal.com/?p=24474#comment-19875 Please provide a link to my photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41304517@N00/6128832572/ Thank you. Please provide a link to my photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41304517@N00/6128832572/

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]]> By: mohdarafat http://archive.mensjournal.com/who-pissed-off-the-bears#comment-19708 mohdarafat Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:10:58 +0000 http://www.mensjournal.com/?p=24474#comment-19708 these grizly bears r just synonym of death i donno how they capture them so closely these grizly bears r just synonym of death i donno how they capture them so closely

]]> By: Art Rogers http://archive.mensjournal.com/who-pissed-off-the-bears#comment-19697 Art Rogers Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:21:42 +0000 http://www.mensjournal.com/?p=24474#comment-19697 The Yellowstone area grizzly population has only changed marginally since 2007, but the availibility of cutthroat trout and whitebark pine seeds has declined dramatically while the number of habituated roadside bears has soared. That's a dangerous combination. It's no concidence grizzlies are killing and injuring more people. Yellowstone Park has more than 500 bear jams a year. Bears learn that people are harmless. People learn that bears are harmless. Rangers at bear jams don't enforce the rule requiring people to keep at least 100 yards away from bears, so people learn the rules are meaningless. It's silly to think hikers are going to follow the bear rules and recommendations posted at trailheads in Yellowstone. It's insane to think habituated roadside bears from Yellowstone Park aren't going to wander outside the park where garbage is easily available in towns such as Cooke City, Mont. and Island Park, Idaho. Naturally the bears get into trouble. Of course some grizzly-human encounters go wrong and people get killed. The Yellowstone area grizzly population has only changed marginally since 2007, but the availibility of cutthroat trout and whitebark pine seeds has declined dramatically while the number of habituated roadside bears has soared. That’s a dangerous combination. It’s no concidence grizzlies are killing and injuring more people.

Yellowstone Park has more than 500 bear jams a year. Bears learn that people are harmless. People learn that bears are harmless. Rangers at bear jams don’t enforce the rule requiring people to keep at least 100 yards away from bears, so people learn the rules are meaningless.

It’s silly to think hikers are going to follow the bear rules and recommendations posted at trailheads in Yellowstone. It’s insane to think habituated roadside bears from Yellowstone Park aren’t going to wander outside the park where garbage is easily available in towns such as Cooke City, Mont. and Island Park, Idaho. Naturally the bears get into trouble. Of course some grizzly-human encounters go wrong and people get killed.

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