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Title: B.C. man denies taming bears to guard grow-op
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-09-06 19:10:15
Canadian

[GreenTiger]

It just looks like he fed them and the bears have enough intelligence to defend their food source and their friend.

[Choban]

He probably denies he was growing pot too, idiot, you feed them and they will stay.

[Bodah]

Fed bears = dead bears

[herbie]

They are hand feeding them until hibernation, then the bears will have to fend for themselves next season.
Animals that beg for food don't make good guards. The whole guard bear claim is obvious BS

[andyt]

herbie herbie:

They are hand feeding them until hibernation, then the bears will have to fend for themselves next season.
Animals that beg for food don't make good guards. The whole guard bear claim is obvious BS

Doubt it will work. If the bears even hibernate (many don't if there's a reliable food source) they will head straight for this property next spring expecting their handouts and teaching the cubs the same thing. When the handout don't come, things will get ugly, and the bears will likely be shot. The guy is a dickwad.

I say make Gordon Campbell shoot the bears, since his popularity can't get any lower anyway. But I'm sure there's lots of killers who call themselves hunters out there who would be glad to do the job.

[herbie]

They'll also be happy to tell you how good they taste too. Yum yum, bear meat.
PUKE!!!

[ShepherdsDog]

Hand fed bears aren't going to make the best guard animals. They see humans as bringers of food, not as a threat.

I remember a book I read many years ago(can't remember the title) about bears that had been domesticated by humans colonizing a new world. The local fauna was highly aggressive and dogs couldn't stand against it, so bears were made larger and smarter, and then bonded to their human masters.

[Choban]

$1:

Hand fed bears aren't going to make the best guard animals. They see humans as bringers of food, not as a threat.

Yah but to a BC hippy looking to rip off a cash crop they would definately be a deterrent, not nessessarily agressive, appearances are enough.