[pct-l] Bear Killed in Section D

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@xxxxxxx)]

Brick

I spend about 4 days out of a month in the Angeles. Brick your are right 
about the structure of the Angeles trash containers are the most flimsy. I often 
see were bears have opened them and have trash all over the place. Last weekend 
I seem picnickers large families of thirty or more all over the whole picnic 
area. I got there around 5 PM it looked like a war zone. They have no respect 
for our forest, trash everywhere. The remnants of barbecue bones, paper cups, 
plates, cans on the ground.and left there. The trash containers all full and 
trash piled around. Our parks are becoming dumps because of the large number of 
family of thirty or more. A limit should be enforced and perhaps we and the 
bear could again live together.

The rangers seem to be a little trigger happy. Last year they shot a mountain 
lion who was caught in a wooden fence. They could have tranquilized the lion. 
Within the last several months they had several mocha young men on TV saying 
they had a wrestling match with bears for there food. So they shot the bear. 
If a bear wants my food let him take it. Then the TV man with his eyes full of 
flurry and hate saying "track down and kill that bear for our children 
safety." Who was here first the bear or us. Yet we keep building and building for the 
10 million increase in population.

lonetrail



> I would venture to guess that the "trash can" used was one of the "critter 
> resistant" type that are common in the Angeles Forest. It is not 
> unreasonable for a thru hiker to assume that a critter resistant Gov't 
> provided trash can in a campground would keep any local problem bears out.
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