Man Faces Charges After Defending Himself from a Bear in His Own Yard - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Man Faces Charges After Defending Himself from a Bear in His Own Yard - Hit & Run : Reason.com:

“They got me set up now like I’m some kind of murderer.  And then the environmental guy told me ‘You should have called me instead of shooting it.’  What was I going to do, say ‘Mister Bear would excuse me please while I go make a phone call?’”

In both the Telegram and CBS articles, "authorities" are quoted as saying they don't think the bear was a threat to people. I suppose it's possible that the black bear in Massachusetts are a kinder, gentler breed than the one that mauled a man near Payson, Arizona, last June. Or the one that tore up a woman in the same area in May. And then there was the bear that did a job on a woman near Pinetop ...

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