What animals are pets and which are food is a cultural choice. I love dogs and place them pretty close to humans in my "what I care about" list, so I can't imagine using a dog as bait. At the same time, I eat cows - something not ok in much of India. Location and culture have a lot to do with evaluating choices, lest we assume the mantle of the solitary keeper of the "truth".
Very common in several Asia and Africa countries. ( Dogs AND cats ). Dog meat is part of the Christmas celebration in Switzerland. Other countries as well.
Pretty racist undertones
@OntarioHunter Not cool
Worth considering an apology to
@Panda Bear
Fellow FN
And not the first time. The post you refer to is not even the most egregious. AND, it should be noted that Panda Bear DID NOT approve of the dogs being used to attract bears AND the fellow who did so was prosecuted.
What bothers me is the shot's close up with the bears. I
strongly suspect there are those out there that will actually try that and a certain number of them are gonna pay. It's not a smart think to approach wild animals like you in a zoo with some type shield between you and the animal.
And not just him and her. It amazes many members here when they see people trying to get closer to a wild animal for a picture. A video was posted a while back showing a lady trying t get closer to ( from memory ) a moose. Bison, Bear, Moose encounters by people assuming they are invincible happens in places like Yellowstone, Alaska, etc
He came by our place a couple of times; always surprised he made it out. To bad he got his girlfriend killed. Friend of mine’s daughter was 10 at the time. She was monitoring the radio when Tredwells girlfriend called for help. Poor kid heard the whole thing. Still affected.
Perhaps this thread will still be active when he returns. He and his lady is wrapping up a very successful Africa Safari. He got several different species. I will let him share it with everyone when he returns to the States------but as mentioned above, he knew met them and as stated, was surprised they made it out on their first three trips.
Him and the lady had done this together THREE times, over a period of 6 years. He ( and her ) made it back to the plane and after a problem with the flight==they, willingly, went back to see the bears again, making it literally their fourth trip. She was not forced to go with him on any of these trips.
Of course I wish they had not been killed by the bear, but as onther poster on this thread, indicated it was not her/their first trip to bear country. It was technically their/her fourth. Did she ( he) know what they were doing ? None of us think so, just as none of us would get out of our vehicle and try to pet a wild bison, moose, bear. And to my knowledge no Doctor, who had met them in person, has given his/her opinion of their mental state. It was a sad situation and an unfortunate one, but IMHO they both would have willing kept going until a bear killed them or they were banned from gong into the area.
IMHO---everybody should carry it with them when in bear country, even if there has been cases when it was ineffective, as well as a firearm.
This lady studies and confronts Black, Brown, White and Grolar bears, in all three "Territories", both in towns, wilderness, and ice. She always has bear spray with her but has said it does not always work. Weather is too cold, wind blowing in the wrong direction, etc--but she always takes it. She can carry ( not everyone in Canada can) but she does have a license to do so, but she does not, as she says a lever action rifle serves her better. Also a shotgun with slugs, cracker, and something else I am forgetting. And flares in the winter. Also cages and then tranquilize and helicopter them back out on the ice. I am sharing this from memory and may not have it all exactly correct.
