Comprehsive article on Bears

[Newb]

This article appeared in the Knoxville news. Very good reading, However, I disagree with the map of population distribution, I think it should be expanded...

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/science/article/0,1406,KNS_9116_5171716,00.html

[Jaybird]

This article appeared in the Knoxville news. Very good reading, However, I disagree with the map of population distribution, I think it should be expanded...
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/science/article/0,1406,KNS_9116_5171716,00.html



Sad line from the article:


"...Relocation, Brandenburg said, cuts a bear's survival rate in half.

And any bear involved in injuring a human cannot be relocated to a wilderness area in Great Smoky Mountains National Park or the Cherokee National Forest, for instance, because the agencies managing those areas will not allow it. Euthanasia is the only alternative, he said."

[LuTotten]

And thats why bears get a bad reputation.


"Bears are big, weighing as much as three or four times what the average human does. And they have teeth. And claws. And they eat almost anything, including -- under the right circumstances -- us. "

Heres another link with some good information, including statistics on page 4.
http://www.bearsmart.com/bearFacts/wwbear.pdf