A grizzly bear that spent the last week wandering areas around Ship Creek and the Port of Anchorage was shot and killed by police Wednesday night after it ambled into a neighborhood and wouldn't leave.
The bear hadn't behaved aggressively or gotten into any trouble. But it also wasn't spooked by people.
"Most bears will hide or run away when they see a person coming," Sinnott said. "This one was not doing that. It was a young bear, sort of testing the waters here in town. ... It just thought people were probably a fairly neutral element."
Well I bet that bear does not think that people are a neutral element now does she?
You know we get bears in town every year, but this year it seems like they are being killed for the slightest reason. And was this particular bear really a threat?
"We checked its stomach contents to see if it had been into garbage or anything," Sinnott said. "And it just had grass and fish in it. So it was eating a purely natural diet, at least before it was shot."
So this bear made the mistake of acting like a bear too close to civilization. Isn't it interesting how quickly civilization can be uncivil?
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