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Rogue Bears - Avoidance And Survival Of Attack By The Second Of The Three Types Of BearCopyright © 2007-2009 Jane BakerPreviously, I listed the first type of bear prone to attacking humans as being a sow protecting her cubs. A second type of bear whether black or grizzly is the rogue bear and often its biggest fault is that it is no longer afraid of humans. That's where the trouble starts. A bear can become a rogue simply by being a dump bear. Food is easily accessed in a garbage dump and bears become accustomed to human smells and quite often see humans come dump off garbage, possibly even while they are down in the pit. (I've had that happen to me a few times.) Bears for years were fed illegally by visitors to the nation's parks and bears are fed on a regular basis, if unintentionally, whenever we fill up our bird feeders with seed or set out our garbage. In drought years when wild berries are fewer or non existent, bears are often forced to move in on domestic fruit trees, berry bushes or vegetable gardens that get regular watering in our yards. The animals become accustomed to the smell of humans, their pets and all the attendant sounds that accompany us such as barking dogs, vehicle sound, car horns, lawnmowers, and voices. A bear not frightened of humans or their pets becomes a dangerous bear. The most dangerous aspect is coming on the bear by surprise in a place you least expect it. You don't usually expect to have to be cautious in your back yard, the town dump or on your back porch where you have your box of peaches to be canned, so you generally go charging into one of those areas, head down and not thinking of any danger at all. A wild bear, on the other hand, would be doing back flips to get out of there under those circumstances if he was there to begin with. But a bear that has become accustomed to humans is going to protect what he considers his newly acquired food source, never mind that it's your box of peaches. He doesn't have to work very hard for that food, and he likes it that way. He's bigger than you, meaner than you, and since he now considers you competition for his easy pickings, he's going to fight you for it. And chances are, he's going to do it lightning quick. This type of bear was created by humans in our national parks where for years visitors would feed the bears or foolishly pose their children near them using food to bait the bears closer to the camera. It resulted in generations of bears that would tear apart coolers, tents, campers and cars in search of the easy food source they had come to rely on, many since birth, because their mothers taught them how to scavenge as cubs. The total lack of fear for all things human eventually led to people being mauled or killed and resulted in many bears being hunted down for relocation or disposal. Feeding the bears in parks became illegal, and after those generations of bears died out, bear attacks in parks have become rare. This type of bear can also be created by injury or old age and may result in a rogue bear or may cause a predator bear. A bear with failing eyesight, few or no teeth, one that has been wounded by a hunter or one with injuries sustained in another manner can be a mean, nasty, hungry bear. If it has difficulty finding food from its natural sources, it may out of desperation turn to human sources. You're back to the same element of surprise as mentioned above that can be so unpleasant, or you or your pets may be attacked just because you look like an easy food source and this poor bugger is hungry. He's just not thinking straight and that makes him a really dangerous animal. Unfortunately, there isn't usually a good end to such an animal. Relocation is not going to help a bear like this because it is probably going to starve to death or die of its injuries if that is what caused the problem to begin with. Game wardens or police must usually kill the bear before it can cause further harm to people or their pets. The first step with a rogue bear is not creating one in the first place. Be cautious if one is sighted in your neighbourhood especially in fall when there's a lot of fruit or vegetables ripening in the back yard. Keep your garbage cleaned up and sealed in cans and pull in your birdfeeders. If camping in the wilderness, keep a pristine campsite with food up in a high cache. If a bear is known to be in the area contact local authorities and discuss your options. If you have neighbours nearby and they are seeing the same bear or bears, wardens or police may have to come in and relocate or dispose of the animal. Unfortunately, in our area when we have a problem bear, warden manpower for the region is so limited, we usually have to take matters into our own hands. Those of us that hunt get bear tags. You generally have a pretty good description for a problem bear if it's broken or pounded on enough windows and patio doors as did one we had in the neighbourhood two years ago. Sometimes there just isn't any option and for the safety of children, tourists, hikers, livestock and pets, you have to shoot the animal. Next article discusses the mysterious predator bear. And that folks ... is the one that scares the heck outta me! About The Author:
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