How Many Deaths Has Walt Disney Been Responsible For Worldwide?

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1. My grandfather used to get hired by farmers to kill bears. Once they got a taste of easy meat, like a sheep or other farm animals, they came back for more. Bears are unpredictable and not to be messed with.

2. This might be the time to explain the difference between a black bear and a grizzly. Easy to identify them based on their scat (bear-poop). The black bear’s scat is dark and greasy and may contain blue berries. The grizzly bear’s scat smells like pepper and contains bells.

   1. A very familiar joke.

      In seriousness though, if you can get a look at the beast from the side, a black bear is very streamlined compared to the more blocky looking grizzly.

3. Look, I’m all for people being warned of the danger associated with large wild animals (and even some of the smaller ones). BUT, PLEASE DON’T TAKE AWAY ONE OF MY FAVORITE FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT!

   I’m talking about those scatter-brained ecological “warriors” who think it’s a good idea to interact with bears ( and the like) as if they have anthropomorphic tendencies. Those folks are about as entertaining as it gets. Timothy Treadwell is the gold standard when it comes to those folks. And what a thoughtful bloke…recording his demise as the capstone.

4. Maybe return to the days of the snarling Russian bear….

5. ” … and then “slowly and calmly back away while avoiding direct eye contact.”

   How ironic … that’s the same advice the Oakland PD gives everyone who encounters a gang member or wannabe gangstah on the streets. Donn look at em. Donn be eyeballin no disrespect to em, lest dey cap you in the head mo-fo. You be deadt

   1. At least grizzlies don’t smash you if you flip them off.

6. The smallest bear species in the world is the sun bear from the jungles of Asia.

   Despite being diminutive compared to a grizzly, they are still famous for their ferocity and resistance to damage. Even tigers don’t mess with them.

7. An old adage, shoot, shovel and shut up. Problem solved and nobody asks questions around here. Another nuisance that disappeared. My neighbors are ever so helpful.

8. Very much back in the day, grew up in small town British Columbia. Those were the days when garbage was disposed of over the hill from a convenient road. Actually the early town garbage pit was not far from our subdivision, and the men of our community (war veterans) dug through it set up our very nice playground. And then came fossickers who had no problem digging into the side of the old garbage pit searching for bottles or other saleable gear until they were restrained.
   But I digress; the local garbage dump was relocated to an area just off a mountain road winding westward. The bears congregated there. And then some of the brighter bears decided to seek out the source of the goodies. For some years, my parents had a “bear trap” permanently sited just up the road as the bears would come down the creek and check out the neighbourhood. Do remember sister mentioning that she was heading out to join friends when realized a bear was at the back door and so seriously modified plans.
   Actually, my home town became the test case for trying to rehabilitate “garbage bears” and it was – sadly – realized that rehabilitation was seriously NOT going to work. A lot of bears were shot, but the community was safer. And I rather think fewer bears would have died had serious preventive measures been instituted earlier.
   We do have a bear rug – spouse’s father shot same when the bear was bothering the livestock on the family acreage very much back in the day. One particular grandson really wants it as figure hanging it in his room will keep his sister out.

   1. Nuisance bothersome vermin inconveniencing communities, …. Hmmm … you don’t suppose …. ??? Nah!

9. From the comments:
   “…the best way to teach them to avoid humans is to shoot them when they don’t.”
   Um, how effective is it to teach lessons to dead bears?

   The Parks System used to remove bears getting into the campgrounds; the would first paint their backsides
   so that they would know if a bear was a repeat offender.
   The Minister defending the procedure explained “We shall leave no stern untoned”

   1. You made that up!!!

      Drop bears now, them’s the real dangers! Easily riled and vicious to an extreme! I mean, you just don’t know how little can a koala bear…

   2. I don’t think the bears are learning anything from being killed, but it still, somehow, does seem to stop them coming back.

10. Frank Dufresne’s book, No Room for Bears, has a chapter titled ‘The twenty-fifth Bear’. Dufresne was a former director of the Alaska Game Commission and his theory was that about one bear out of 25 not only didn’t fear humans, but viewed them as interlopers and were ready and willing to do battle.

    1. My new band, 25 Bears, with lively lead singer Bear 25, will soon be accepting bookings.