Black Bear Killed Tonight

[Redrose]

We lost a huge black bear tonight in town. A tourist going much too fast hit him witnesses said. He was too badly injured to rescue, so the police had to put him down.

I hate that, they are such magnificant creatures, the bears, not the tourists.

[Cletus]

Unfortunate.

We don't generally get them here in town very often until they start gearing up for hibernation.

[Redrose]

Here in the Smokies we have a lot of them. I'm 5 miles from the entrance to the National Forest and we do get them around the area, once right outside my garage.

This incident was on a back road and near a dumpster. They are getting hungry now, berries are getting scace and the acorns are not out yet. They are saying he was around 350 lbs. He did damage to the car, the people were not hurt.

[Cletus]

I am in the Rockies and fortunately, they still have a fair amount of space. It has been a wet summer here, the 4th wettest since they started keeping records, so food is not scarce right now. We have had a few bad years though, when scavenging was pretty much a necessity for them.

[Redrose]

I hope one day to see the Rockies. I love mountains.

[Cletus]

I live at about 7000 feet.

I can't think of anywhere I would rather be.

[Redrose]

I live at about 7000 feet.

I can't think of anywhere I would rather be.


I'm jealous. We're not in the mountains, we are in a 'hilly" area which is still gorgeous. I have great views of them though.

[Green Arrow]

This is why I believe we should be mindful of the environmemt when we build.

[Cletus]

I'm jealous. We're not in the mountains, we are in a 'hilly" area which is still gorgeous. I have great views of them though.

I spent a lot of time in the Smokies. When I was stationed at Fort Bragg, I would get away whenever I could and hit the trails up around Clingman's Dome and that general area. It is a beautiful area... very different from the High Desert country around here.

[Redrose]

I walked Clingman's Dome a few years ago, it's steep. Wearing sandals was a dumb idea. What a view though. We go up to Newfoundgap very often it borders Tenn. and N.C. very pretty area.

[Peter1469]

I hope one day to see the Rockies. I love mountains.

It is very pretty.

[valley ranch]

It is a shame when a bear or animal is killed on a road. Black Bear do kill farm animals and people. In the Sierra mountains and area around them, bear break into houses after food, sometimes when people are home.

[Private Pickle]

I am in the Rockies and fortunately, they still have a fair amount of space. It has been a wet summer here, the 4th wettest since they started keeping records, so food is not scarce right now. We have had a few bad years though, when scavenging was pretty much a necessity for them.

We've had a lot bears coming down from the hills. (Boulder, CO)

DOW is stating a lack of berries.

[Private Pickle]

It is very pretty.

Bunch of big rocks really.

[Redrose]

It is a shame when a bear or animal is killed on a road. Black Bear do kill farm animals and people. In the Sierra mountains and area around them, bear break into houses after food, sometimes when people are home.


We are in the Great Smoky mountains, East Tennessee, and see bear occassionally in my community, especially when their food source is dwindling. They are looking for food. The problem is we have tourists get too close to them and then there is trouble.

[nathanbforrest45]

I know this is an old thread but I just came across it. @Redrose (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=1123), all too often a bear is euthanized because she did what bears do, protect their young. Tourist will get between the mother and cubs and then are attacked so they kill the bear. I firmly believe they are destroying the wrong party. I have often asked that if its tourist season why can't we hunt them?

I don't live far from you, I am in Del Rio, right on the NC/TN border. My house is about a mile off the "hard road" and I get bears, both male and female in my clearing all the time. They are shy creatures for the most part and have been scared off by my chihuahua on more than one occasion. I had one come up into my flower bed the other day, about 20 feet away from me. When I stood up and shouted at him he ran off as I knew he would.

They are beautiful animals, much better looking than 90% of the tourist to be sure.

[Private Pickle]

If a bear dies in the woods does it make a sound?

[Peter1469]

If a bear dies in the woods does it make a sound?

It depends on how fast the death is.

[Private Pickle]

It depends on how fast the death is.

And it never makes the news...

[valley ranch]

Black do attack people, it's usually covered up because people like the bear.

[valley ranch]

Black bear



Name, age, gender
Date
Type
Location
Description


Daniel Ward O'Connor, 27, male
May 10, 2015
Wild
near Mackenzie, British Columbia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie,_British_Columbia)
Ward was attacked by a bear while he slept near the fire pit at his campsite. His fiancée who slept in a near by motorhome found his body the following morning. The bear later was shot and killed by conservation officers.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-7)[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-8)


Darsh Patel, 22, male
September 21, 2014
Wild
near West Milford, New Jersey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Milford,_New_Jersey)
Patel was about to begin hiking with four friends in Apshawa Preserve (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apshawa_Preserve) when they met a man and a woman at the entrance who told them there was a bear nearby and advised them to turn around.[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-nyd_11252014-9) They continued on, found the bear, and Patel and another hiker took photos. They turned and began walking away, but the bear followed them. The hikers ran in different directions, and found that Patel was missing when they regrouped. Authorities found Patel's body after searching for two hours. A black bear found in the vicinity was killed.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-nyt_nj2014-10) According to the State Department of Environmental Protection, this was the first fatal bear attack on human in New Jersey on record.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-nyt_nj2014-10)


Lorna Weafer, 36, female
May 7, 2014
Wild
near Fort McMurray, Alberta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McMurray,_Alberta)
Weafer, a Suncor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suncor) worker was attacked at the remote North Steepbank oil sands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_oil_sands) mine site while walking back to work after a trip to the washroom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_toilet). Efforts by co-workers to scare off the bear were unsuccessful. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police) shot and killed the bear upon arrival. A preliminary investigation determined that the attack was predatory.[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-cbc_weafer1-11)


Robert Weaver, 64, male
June 6, 2013
Wild
George Lake near Delta Junction, Alaska (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Junction,_Alaska)
Weaver was attacked by a black bear while walking back to his cabin on George Lake, according to his wife, who was able to flee inside the cabin and was uninjured. A 230 lb (104.3 kg) adult male black bear on the scene was killed by troopers and found to have some of Weaver's remains in his stomach.[12] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-newsminer11june2013-12)


Lana Hollingsworth, 61, female
July 25, 2011
Wild
Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinetop-Lakeside,_Arizona)
Hollingsworth was attacked by a 250 lb (113.4 kg) black bear while walking her dog at a country club. Nearly a month later and after eleven surgeries, she died from a massive brain hemorrhage, which doctors believe was a result of the attack. The bear was tracked, shot, and killed.[13] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-reuters26july2011-13)


Bernice Adolph, 72, female
June 2011
Wild
near Lillooet, British Columbia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillooet,_British_Columbia)
Adolph's remains were found by police dogs after she was reported missing. She was an elder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_elder) in the Xaxli'p First Nation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaxli'p_First_Nation). There was evidence that bears fed on Adolph's remains, and tried to enter her house. An autopsy confirmed that she died from a bear attack. Five bears suspected of being involved were killed by conservation officers, and DNA tests confirmed that one of the dead bears killed Adolph.[14] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-cbc14july2011-14)


Brent Kandra, 24, male
August 19, 2010
Captive
Columbia Station, Ohio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Station,_Ohio)
Kandra was a bear caretaker on property that kept exotic pets. The bear was out of its cage for feeding. Prior to the attack, the property's owner had his license to exhibit animals revoked, but was still allowed to keep the animals on his property.[15] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America#cite_n ote-nprAug202010-15)


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Many are not logged as attacks. Last year I heard on the radio a man had been eaten by a black. They said the man must have had a heart attack and the bear found the body in the man's yard and ate it. I think the bear killed the man and ate him alive.

A man was attacked in Yellow Stone, the report came out: The bear had a cub, they feel the bear was protecting her cub so no action would be taken. I don't remember if the man died.

Here at the mountain ranch a Black Bear kept us hostage in the house, killed two of the girl's goats over a period of two weeks. I had to stay in the barn overhead. He knew I was up there so wouldn't come in, just ran his claws along the fence. The sheriffs came and shot bean bags at him, he would just move up the hill, keeping out of range and return when they left. It wasn't until he was made a ,good bear, we could let the kids outside.

The upper ranch is in the forest. That was the worst one, we had them break a car window and minor things.

There is the Bear League who are real pains, that's another story.

[valley ranch]

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A problem-causing black bear that wildlife officials said was becoming increasingly dangerous was killed Tuesday in Incline Village.
The bear, a 9-year-old, 450-pound male, was captured Monday night or early Tuesday morning, tranquilized and subsequently euthanized with drugs, said Chris Healy, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
The bear was determined to be the same one that had been raiding trash, breaking into cars and knocking over fences in the area and was killed as a threat to public safety, Healy said.
"The bear was continuing to hang around and it became more and more of a concern," Healy said. "It was becoming more aggressive in its pursuit of food and was generally becoming more and more dangerous."
The bear killed Tuesday had previously been captured as a "conflict bear" in 2008 and released.
The bear was the fourth killed as a threat to public safety so far this year. Two were killed near Gardnerville, one on April 1 and another Aug. 13, and a third near Genoa on July 17, Healy said. All had broken into homes in search of food and were deemed a threat to human safety.
Four bears killed for public safety represents a significant increase from last year, when only one bear was put down by the Department of Wildlife because it was deemed a threat to people.
So far in 2015, 12 Nevada bears have been hit and killed by vehicles for a total of 200 killed that way since 1997, Healy said.
The bear's killing Tuesday underscores the continuing problem resulting from bears having easy access to garbage and other human-related foods, with the ongoing drought worsening the problem, Healy said.
"We continue to advocate to people that bears should not have access to garbage," Healy said. "We're going to continue to have problems like this. It's up to humans to keep bears safe."