[pct-l] Bear Canister Tactics!

[goforth@cio.net (Joanne Lennox)]

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> To: goforth@cio.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Canister Tactics!
> Date: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:55 PM
> 
> > So what is your
> definition of a weapon.  
> 
> It's not my definition that counts!    It's probably in the Federal
Register
> somewhere.
> 
> > Rangers recommend
> that you guard and protect your food and throw things at bears in areas
> where canisters are not required. 
> 
> This has also varied at yosemite.    They downplayed this for a few years
> after the Boy Scouts stoned a cub to death.     But now that no known 
> method of tree hanging works reliably any more, the park service is back
to
> aggressive reaction.

this is even more interesting. Were the Boy Scouts charged with a crime ?
Since Canisters are not required in Lyell canyon and Tuolume(below 9,600
feet) where a lot of bear problems exist.  Do you think a non lethal chase
with a singshot is preferable to having a bear get the food?  At a certain
point, it is about making realistic policies that will eventually resolve
the problem. Bears appear to be getting more aggressive , not less
aggressive.  Is the  Park service tolerating more agression in bears as
well as people. One may be linked to the other.

Joanne 

Joanne