Originally Posted by
Alligator
The bears aren't starving, no need to shoot them.
The park is stated to be 800 square miles. The square root of 800 is about 28, or just consider a 40x20 mile square. If you dropped a bear in the middle of a 28x28 mile square, the bear would only be 14 miles from the closest edge and about 20 miles to a corner. The bears know where the edges are because they're smart and mama teaches them. The park is not square though either so there's going to be a narrow part and a wide part. Garbage is pretty steady work compared to nuts and berries and bears just want to eat not work for it.