Monday, September 3, 2007

Things Are Getting Hairy

It's much too late in the year for a bear's cubs to be so small. That might be what's driven these black bears into the ranger station in search of food. Of course, they have to run a gauntlet of people with all sorts of pain-inducing devices to get to the choke cherries and the rose hips around the housing area.


The bears have taken the field on the volleyball court, and appear to have won by forfeit.

These bears have been seen in the housing area for just over a week, and the rangers are trying to discourage them from hanging around there with methods ranging from shouting to slapping the sow with a bean bag from a shotgun. So far, they keep coming back. They're not causing trouble, but the thought that they might - and bear management directives in the park - makes getting them to move on the priority.


This picture is just for those who think I only ever put pictures of myself in life-threatening situations on the internet. My life was not being threatened by the bear with cubs a few yards away in the tree.


3 comments:

Nathan King said...

Update: These bears are all dead now, after getting into a St. Mary Lodge employees' dormitory. Obviously, they do not have the discipline the National Park Service has when it comes to bear-proofing facilities to keep the bears out of trouble. The bears were all shot by a warden on the Blackfeet Reservation. I propose not doing business with the St. Mary Lodge in order to send a message.

Anonymous said...

He killed the cubs and their mother?

Nathan King said...

All three.

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