Park officials say euthanized bear didn't bite Appalachian Trail hiker - The Seattle

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Park officials say euthanized bear didn't bite Appalachian Trail hiker The Seattle Times GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park say a bear that was euthanized this month wasn't the same one that bit a sleeping Appalachian Trail hiker. Park wildlife technicians shot the bear with a tranquilizer dart ... GSMNP: Wrong bear euthanized after hiker attackedWATE 6 On Your Side all 15 news articles »

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[Feral Bill]

It is not euthanasia in any case. The bear was not put down to relieve it of terrible chronic pain. It was killed because it was thought to be dangerous. Not at all the same thing.

[Dogwood]

Yup, DNA tests prove they killed the wrong bear. The excuse given the somewhat large male was too heavy to drag out to captivity to await the test results.

Feral Bill is absolutely correct. It was not the watered down more generally socially acceptable by humans euthanasia that describes the killing accurately.