[pct-l] Bear canister alternative??

[kevin at antelecom.net (Kevin Corcoran)]

You can listen to the broadcast of this story at 
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1324701

Kevin Corcoran

>On the way home from work tonight I heard an interesting story on NPR.
>Unfortunately I was on the Freeway in 70 mph traffic, windows & sunroof down
>so it was a little hard to hear it but basically some guys in Wyoming have
>developed a  fence type thing with a battery about the size for a video
>tape.  This fence gets set up around your food  & the battery packs a 6000
>volt wallop when the bear touches it.  Talk about negative re-inforcement!!
>They were talking about testing this year & hopefully getting forest service
>approval next year.  I didn't catch the weight of the device, (windows &
>sunroof down, 70 mph) but they were comparing it favorably to the weight of
>a bear cannister.  Did anyone else happen to catch this?
>
>Dave
>david@dalbey.org