Bears who lack fear of humans and associate them with food are a mauling in the making. Grizz, Black, Brown, doesn't much matter. While I hesitate to generalize about bear behavior, most encounters with humans soon go sour under the above circumstances. Me? I'd be very hesitant to camp in a site after a number of such incidents have been recorded for that location. This would become even more ominous if their normal food sources are under stress and/or when they edge closer to the seasonal feeding cycles. Most maulings in places such as Glacier and in the Canadian Rockies take place in the fall. When bears are somewhat skittish around humans, and when they have not begun to routinely associate them as a ready food source (and when other, primary food sources are plentiful), humans and bears can tolerate very close encounters without much fuss or to do. -w *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 18 2003 - 21:17:22 PDT
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