Until goofy.ignorant.and ill-informed "tourists" get smart and realize that they are visiting in the bear's home,"attacks" as they are called will continue. These are wild superior animals living in wild lands and they were there first. Respect their home, their wild superiority and their right to be there.They aren't cute,they don't exist for our photo-ops and they surely don't pass an opportunity to eat.Leave them alone,protect youself by safeguarding your food and garbage AWAY from your immediate camp,use extreme caution when in the company of women having their period and understand that if you encounter a bear..LEAVE !! even if you don't get a photo first. This territory ain't your friendly neighborhood park and YOU are the intruder. Most of these goofballs don't have a clue to those truths and quite UNFAIRLY, the bear pays the price almost withouy exception.UGGGHHHHH !!!!! Go Home!

9 time out of 10 bear attacks are because the victim did something to provoke the animal. That is what bears are "wild animals" and people need to realize that. Bears are not there to be fed by hand, yelled at, or for our picture taking pleasures. If people would respect wild animals the way that they are supposed to be respected less attacks would happen. I do realize that there is the occasional victim that just happend to be in the wrong place at the wrong time but that is very seldome the case. I read a story recently about a man and his 9 year old son that walked up on a bear cub that unfornuatly had the mother bear in close quarters with him/her. The man was subsequently attacked because he delibratly provoked the bear in order to give his son time to get away from the situation. Luckily the man was just horribly mauled and survived. In short I feel that animals need to be respected, laws prohibiting interaction with animals obeyed, and rules and regulations of parks obeyed. There are always signs everywhere in a park listing the rules and regulations. I do not beleive that there is anyone out there that has not seen a DO NOT FEED THE BEARS! sign in a park that is inhabited by bears along with other animals. COME ON PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION, OBEY RULES, AND BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND YOU WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE EATEN BY THE BEAR!!!!!!!!!! I hope that this posting is read and ultimatly saves lives. Kenny Whittle-Kentucky Resident

While it's true that we humans are the intruders in the wild, common sense as both a hunter and a human tells me that the bear and wolf populations need to be cotrolled. Ultimately, we are at the top of the food chain and that takes precedance over the animals right to be here. It's really not that hard to figure out.

Couldn't agree with you more bstauffer. Man first, wildlife second.

Bstauffer and Kentucky Jim,
I did not mean to infer in any way that I don't agree with hunting as a sensible means of population control in wild game AND non=game populations. I believe that the idea has been well established,proven effective and our responsibility to the creatures that co-habit this earth. But being "at the top of the food chain" does not diminish even slightly our responsibility to entitle these same creatures their necessary domain and space required for their existence.As their domain is constantly consumed by the "man first/Wildlife second mentality... COMMON sense, which ain't so COMMON anymore... dictates that these same animals are being crammed into less and less space usually smaller than their natural requirements leading to more and more encounters requiring more and more of these animals be eliminated. Play the tape out....end game is plain to see...Man first/wildlife second means that when my pretty "look at me" landscaping is being eaten by deer in "my" front yard that was THEIR front yard two seasons prior I have an obligation to eliminate more deer...HMMMMM... seems pretty arrogant...

Man's progression into the wild is inevitable. It's a fact. Deal with it. I love seeing the animals as much as anyone but what's next, their right to vote? I'm out!

Limitless growth is ONLY a fact when we decide that fighting it is pointless. It is not pointless but giving up is EASY. Deal with it

Bla, bla bla, bla, bla. This is a bunch of bull. Come back when you know what the h you are talkin about. I'm gone.

@Kentuckyjim: r u by any chance on facebook? If u r shoot me a friend request. The b stands for brian. Look for the ten point whitetail mount with the cat hangin out on it. Thx

kentucky jim bo...BYE

I was in a wildlife park in Canada. There were several cars stopped on the roadside. I stopped and my wife and I could see a bear feeding beside the road on a steep dropoff of about 50 feet. One man and his wife walked past the cars to get a better view and the husband started clapping his hands to try to get the bear's attention. I was taking pictures but stayed about 10 yards behind them. I got back to the car and my wife asked me if I was afraid? I told her , heck no, all I had to do was outrun the two idiots who were acting so stupid!

How many Outfitters have gone out of business due to the wolves and bears that have literaly destroyed the elk in areas surrounding Yellowstone? I talked to a biologist six years ago and he told me at that time 95% of the calf crop was destroyed by bears and wolves. It is common knowledge among hunters to stay away from the sectors surrounding Yellowstone due to the lack of game. How much does this cost their economy? Now the wolves are spreading to other areas. No game= No hunters.

I think that far too often we think that animal attacks are the result of pushing a bear or whatever into a corner. While this is the case sometimes it is not the only, and dear I say, not the most common cause. Animals aren’t stupid. If you had the choice of scavenging in the forest for your next meal or pilfering someone’s cooler what would you pick.
Respect for the strength and speed of a bear is a no-brainer. This means that we now know the cause for those who lack this respect, but, when an animal gets to comfy with humans around people get hurt.
Maybe we should all move into high-rises and only view the “wild” from a distance. Or we could place human life above an animals and keep populations of “Dangerous game” a little lower. Maybe ever allow the occasional Grizzly hunt?

Evan though everything has good thought I'd rather be in a wilderness were if you can and have full right to kill the bear one day and walk on him another, man is in charge we just have to make sure we are faster than the people with us till we takem down.sorry about the humor