tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post4253151687798327689..comments2023-08-05T05:23:45.628-07:00Comments on Soundings: Have Grizzly Bears Become More Important Than Humans?Dale Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-22485517703167785342015-08-11T18:02:53.850-07:002015-08-11T18:02:53.850-07:00"On Oct. 1 2011, hair and blood samples from ..."On Oct. 1 2011, hair and blood samples from the sow and her cubs were successfully matched to those found at both the Wallace and Matayoshi crime scenes. At that point, the group of federal, state, and local officials who decide on the fate of grizzlies involved in crimes—including Chris Servheen and Kerry Gunther—knew what they had to do. The Wapiti sow was to be euthanized the next day, on Gunther’s birthday."<br />This is from a story in Slate Magazine.<br />http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/death_in_yellowstone/2012/04/grizzly_bear_attacks_how_wildlife_investigators_found_a_killer_grizzly_in_yellowstone_.single.html<br />By Jessica Grose.<br />If the same bear killed both men, then what about the policy of letting the Wapiti bear go free after killing the first man? <br />I have all of these questions because another man was killed by a Grizzly in Yellowstone Sunday. Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-79243306247834288792011-08-31T05:00:19.064-07:002011-08-31T05:00:19.064-07:00Phil,
Salty language aside, point well taken.Phil,<br />Salty language aside, point well taken.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-63065364103108737462011-08-30T21:41:50.473-07:002011-08-30T21:41:50.473-07:00It has become all too common that what we apparent...It has become all too common that what we apparently no longer have in common is common sense.<br /><br />The man who killed the bear in his backyard was not hunting. Why should he be treated like a poacher?<br /><br />This is bureaucratic bullshit at its best.Phil Mariotti, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455535041285766814noreply@blogger.com