I’d like to make an additional point. From what I’ve read,
bears (especially grizzly bears and polar bears) have no natural fear of man
(Black bears aren’t as large or aggressive, although they are not to be trifled
with.). When the white man starting pushing into grizzly bear and polar bear
territory, the bears attacked humans without hesitation.
But back then, human settlers had no compunctions about
shooting bears. And bears aren’t stupid. It didn’t take them long to figure out
that humans were dangerous. At that point, many bears would flee when they
sensed the presence of humans.
BTW, I’m not saying these areas were uninhabited. But
Indians with bows and arrows weren’t much of a match for a charging grizzly
bear.
However, now that we’re protecting bears from humans rather
than protecting humans from bears, I expect there will be more bear-maulings
because bears will revert. Lose their acquired fear of humans.
And, of course, this isn’t confined to bears. It also
applies to other major predators like wolves and cougars.
BTW, I think all animal rights fanatics should be put in a
cage overnight with a wolf or grizzly bear.
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