On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 23:26:44 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Thomas Littleton" wrote in message
news:xguLe.355$286.190@trndny09...
...The only
potential issue, as I see it, is someone letting a kid approach a
bear.....especially a mother with cub(s).

And where would this hypothetical someone be allowing a theoretical kid to
approach a probabilistic bear.....with or without potential cubs?

Wolfgang
who knows than an academic issue ain't worth squat if you can't find a place
to test it.

Lots of stories around, mostly about tourons in Yellowstone or
Yosemite, who put their children in danger with bears and other wild
animals for the cute picture. One could write or email and ask about
the rangers, if one wanted the truth. I've been to Yellowstone and
seen the tourons, back when I was a kid and the rangers weren't yet
sick of killing 'problem' bears so weren't much enforcing bear rules
and saw things that now upset me, though none involved parents
directly putting kids in danger. Other than letting them hold jelly
donuts out the car windows for the bears to take. At the time, I
wasn't scared, just disgusted at the stupidity.

People whose big encounters with wildlife have been the bunny or the
squirrel in their suburban or urban back yard tend to act as if
they're all very dangerous or as if they're all like cartoon
characters when they finally see bigger wildlife. Disney and Yogi
Bear have a lot to answer for...

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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