- In the past, grizzly bears roamed all of western North America. Now, not so much.
- Why? Because humans killed them until there were only maybe a 100 left in the Yellowstone area.
- But since people really like looking at bears, Yellowstone developed bear feeding areas. To get the bears there, they dumped all the garbage from the campers into the feeding zones.
- After generations of this domesticating action, Yellowstone figured out that it wasn't doing the bears any good. In the early 1970's, they removed all dumping/feeding grounds.
- Naturally, the bears were perplexed and began scavenging in camps (they'd forgotten how to hunt). Unfortunately, many bears were destroyed, i.e., killed for trespassing. What happens when a bear attacks you?
- Thankfully, resilient bears soon remembered how to survive in the wild. They have grown to over 350 breeding females in Yellowstone and the question now is: are there too many bears?
Update: Results of landmark montana grizzly bear study (USGS)
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this is what happens when a bear attacks you and you have a ferocious yellow lab with you. otherwise.... well, it could be more ugly.
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