RE: [Paddlewise] Guns and Polar Bears

> From: Michael Daly
>
> I guess the news reports I've heard on Canadian TV and radio the last 
> several decades are all faked then. The situation isn't as 
> bad as in the past, it still remains that there are problem 
> bears in the area:.....
> 
> While wilderness bears are in the majority, you can't tell them from 
> the garbage dump bears and the latter will stick around much longer 
> than the six-week wilderness bear window.  

Mike,

I agree with you completely on this. I just didn't think it was accurate
to classify all of the bears in Churchill as garbage dump bears who are
used to people as the vast majority of them are wilderness bears that
are migrating.

I also agree that if you are going to travel in bear country that you
need to be completely prepared. I don't think a can of pepper spray is
adequate.Grizzlies are dangerous enough and they don't look at us as
food the way polar bears do. Until a bear takes off his costume to
reveal that it is a human dressed up as a bear, they should all be
treated with respect and distance. They ARE dangerous.

Steve
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