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Old June 17th, 2004, 04:14 PM
Tim Lysyk
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Default Speaking Of Bears


"Kevin Vang" wrote in message
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How about this one:

Canadian College Student Kills Bear with Frying Pan


Bear breaks into house, attacks, but resident attacks back. Local animal
rights groups outraged.

VICTORIA, BC (PRWEB) May 26, 2004 -- In an attempt to get a free meal,
what was described as a "very large" bear broke into the rural homestead
of a BC college student, who was home on vacation at the time. The

SNIP

I don't think this story is true. Do a google search on "animal rights abuse
watch" or "northern kodiak bear". You'll only get refernces to this story.
The names of towns are mispelled. There is an implication the event took
place near Vicotria (it was investigated by an office of the Victoria Crime
Scene investigation Unit....why not say Victoria Police Services), and there
are no kodiak bears anywhere near Victoria.

Tim Lysyk