Black Bear Attacks: The Liard Situation was different...

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Hi! Thanks, I'll see if I can find a copy of that edition.
In this case, nobody did anything wrong. The Liard black bear was inherently vicious, and would have attacked no matter what anybody did. Nobody was at fault. The woman and her son were walking on the boardwalk when they came upon the bear about 20 feet away eating grass. It woofed at them, and the woman tried to quietly walk around it. If it had been an ordinary black bear, there would not have been the slightest problem. Instead, it was a fully predacious black bear and regarded all humans as prey. It would have kept killing and eating humans until it was itself killed. The ferociousness of such animals is beyond belief. Their natural inclination is to kill every human in sight and make a cache of the bodies. Such bears almost never occur in the U.S. , but they are not all that rare in northernern B.C. An autopsy showed that the bear was not of the local Liard population, since these are all marked in one way or another. The general opinion is that predacious black bears are deep wilderness animals with little or no experience with humans. Black bears that have been mistreated by humans become afraid of humans. They really don't become vicious towards humans,; they are more forgiving than grizzlies. The predacious black bear is that way naturally. It has nothing to do with their treatment by humans. Indeed, they usually have no prior contact with humans. Their attacks are unprovoked and carried out with a cold, determined ferocity. Those who have looked into the eyes of such an animal have found it a terrible, soul-freezing experience. One man who did said the bear let him know exactly what it planned to do to him. Their gaze is nothing like the warm, shy, gentle gaze of the typical black bear. You can no more anticipate such an attack than a shark attack at a popular bathing beach. The thing to do if you are in an area where such bears occur is to carry some defense. If I ever visit Liard, I am at least going to carry a can of bear spray. There is a crying need for more research into this phenomenon before it damages the reputation of all black bears. Please read through my article for more information and details, including the incident at Liard.
Yours Thoughtfully,
JerryBear

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