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Steerpike

(2,693 posts) Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:49 PM Jul 2018

Biologists kill 4 black bears at Muldoon campground

http://www.ktva.com/story/38678035/biologists-kill-black-bear-at-muldoon-campground

State biologists have killed four black bears at a campground near Muldoon Road, after reports of bears tearing open tents looking for food.

Ken Marsh, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said Wednesday afternoon that biologists killed a sow and three cubs at the Centennial Park Campground, off the Glenn Highway near Muldoon.

“Apparently the sow was tearing into a tent with somebody in it when we got the report,” Marsh said.

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Biologists kill 4 black bears at Muldoon campground (Original Post) Steerpike Jul 2018 OP

Usually they have 2, 3 Cubs makes for a hungry aggressive female, I have witnessed this firsthand populistdriven Jul 2018 #1

Damn... hlthe2b Jul 2018 #2

Humans! Booooooo! ffr Jul 2018 #3

and just a heads up Steerpike Jul 2018 #5

explanations... Steerpike Jul 2018 #4

populistdriven

(5,686 posts)

1. Usually they have 2, 3 Cubs makes for a hungry aggressive female, I have witnessed this firsthand

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:51 PM

Jul 2018

Why kill the cubs, I have no idea.

hlthe2b

(106,568 posts)

2. Damn...

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:53 PM

Jul 2018

Doing what comes natural to bears. Did those campers have bear-proof food canisters? I'm betting one of the first humans the bears came into contact with did not.

Sad.

ffr

(23,131 posts)

3. Humans! Booooooo!

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:53 PM

Jul 2018

That'll be four bears that won't help repair the damage we've done to Earth and its ecosystems.

Steerpike

(2,693 posts)

5. and just a heads up

Reply to ffr (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 19, 2018, 01:17 PM

Jul 2018

There are probably close to 150,000 bears in Alaska....so I think we'll be ok...

Steerpike

(2,693 posts)

4. explanations...

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2018, 01:00 PM

Jul 2018

This is an in town campground...just a block from residential housing, elementary schools, high schools and shopping center. They killed the cubs too, because if left alone and on their own they can become very problematic.

The lady camper was actually pretty upset that the bears were euthanized...she is kind of an outdoorsey person...

Bears do eat people so when they become aggressive in town...they must go down.

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