[pct-l] Bear Canisters

[stillroaming]

Why are bears/humans a problem in very specific parts of the Sierras and not 
the Pacific Northwest?

 Scott

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Well said, Tom.  Cannisters are all about protecting the bears, not stupid 
humans and their food.  If we stupid humans are protected as a result, 
that's a bonus, not the point.

Our food is extremely high in fat content compared to what bears normally 
eat.  This not only makes them junkies for our food (like doing meth once 
and getting hooked), the higher fat content increases their birth rates, 
putting too many bears on land that can't support them.

It is virtually impossible to re-train an adult bear to return to eating 
bear food once it's had human foods.  They can relocate them to the most 
remote places, and they will find their way to the nearest garbage can or 
human outpost, and go back to causing problems.  To the point that others 
have made, where they are not hunted, they quickly lose their fear of people 
and think nothing of bluff charging humans to get what they want.  At this 
point they are considered dangerous and sadly must be (and are) killed. Talk 
about humans screwing up the balance of things.

This is such a travesty, I would rather see the idiot humans who caused the 
problem in the first place killed.

The rules are set up to TRY to keep nature natural.  If you can't accept 
that, instead of hiking you may as well go hunting somewhere where it's 
allowed, because you effectively do the same thing.  Not protecting the 
bears effectively leads to their demise. Carrying a bear cannister is a 
small price to pay to allow these magnificent creates to live as they always 
have.  And, if you don't, and a bear does get your food, IMO you have the 
blood of dead bears on your hands.

Dead serious and not bored of the topic,

L-Rod
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