06 June 2010

Bear Encounters on the Rise

According to an article in today's Daily News, "Bear season 2010 is getting busy with human-bear encounters on the rise."

Of course, with Alaskans being who they are (i.e., armed & free) the bears are losing frequently.

The article goes on to say that in a recent encounter in Eagle River, just up the road from Anchorage, two neighbors shot at a black bear which was ravaging a chicken coop. One man gave the bear "a couple of shots with a .45" and the other guy fired a .25. Together, they killed the 150 lb. intruder.

There have been a number of recent encounters, so please click the link to access the article. The paper seems to have made it impossible to cut and paste.

1 comment:

DR said...

The poor bears. You know the liberals have to just be going crazy over the senseless massacre of that innocent bear just trying to check on his friends the chickens;-)