Fatal Grizzly attack again..
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I have a google news alert, for bear attacks, they are not as rare as people like to claim.
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#daftandbarmy You might be prey one of these days
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This one made the international news.
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Memories of the nightclubs in Fredericton.
I think I'd be more likely to be struck by lightning than getting nabbed by a Cougar, although I always carry bear spray and try to avoid hiking at dusk in the bush.
Meanwhile, in Saanich yesterday...
Group of cougars kill goat in Saanich
A resident of the 4000 block of Prospect Lake Road near Burnside Road West called police to report cougars in their backyard.
www.timescolonist.com
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Ignore the enviro-fascists. Bring back the hunt...
Call to renew licensed grizzly bear hunting met with pushback from B.C. conservationists
B.C. Wildlife Federation wants to re-open hunt following suspected attack in Bella Coola
A call to bring back licensed grizzly bear hunting, closed in B.C. since 2017, has resurfaced after a suspected grizzly attack killed a mother and daughter near Bella Coola — but conservationists argue there’s no evidence that hunting the bears reduces conflict.
The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) has opposed the ban since it was implemented, saying a lack of hunting would cause new generations of grizzlies to be less fearful of humans.
The group reiterated that stance this week after Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter Selah Reed, 20, were found dead near a trail just minutes from their home. It’s the second suspected grizzly bear attack near the Bella Coola community in roughly one year.
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That’s right. They were quite common when I lived in Northern BC. Most attacks there were by predatory black bears, which are far more common in the north. Most attacks in the south are defensive.
I don’t know how this particular grizzly attack was categorized.
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My personal opinion is simply, grizzly/brown bears (technically its all one species and includes Kodiaks, just the size varies) are opportunistic omnivores who need to FATTEN up prior to winter. They need a certain percentage of their diet in meat and animal fats. The further into fall you get, they need that meat and fat. If they can't scavenge it, hunt it, they will take it one way or another.
Not a good time to be perceived as a prey animal in their range at that time.
Timothy Treadwell (who goes down in history as one of the F@cking dumbest people ever) thought he was "one with the bears"...until they decided he was on the menu.
Not a good time to be perceived as a prey animal in their range at that time.
Timothy Treadwell (who goes down in history as one of the F@cking dumbest people ever) thought he was "one with the bears"...until they decided he was on the menu.
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