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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlaska's governor issues pardon for family of bears slated for euthanasia.
A mother black bear with her four yearling cubs has been wandering around the Government Hill neighborhood of Anchorage, generally wreaking havoc as bears do. Fish & Game had determined that the most expedient course of action would be to terminate their lives before they hurt someone, but the outcry from the people has seemingly prevailed, at the personal request of our new governor.
http://www.adn.com/article/20150418/government-hill-bears-spared-request-governor
A mother black bear and her four cubs known for rummaging through trash in the Anchorage neighborhood of Government Hill were saved from euthanization on Saturday by a phone call from Governor Bill Walker to the commissioner of Fish and Game.
The governor inquired as to whether the bears, whose pending deaths inspired passionate public outcry from both inside and outside Alaska, could be relocated rather than shot, said Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Sam Cotten.
It wasnt like he told us not to go ahead, Cotten said. He wanted to know if there were alternatives and whether we could look into doing something else.
The animals will likely be trapped and trucked south to Portage Valley, Cotten said.
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AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)summerschild
(725 posts)Any more, I see so much so wrong and so painful everyday that I feel totally helpless to change. I signed their petition earlier today asking the Governor to spare the bear family.
Probably had nothing to do with it - but if it's ok, I'm going to pretend it did. Ah, there, I feel a little better, for a minute, anyway....
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)SamKnause
(13,108 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)And that's a lot of hungry cubs.
Hopefully they'll stay away from humans.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Warpy
(111,277 posts)I'm glad Anchorage is figuring out that it works. Bears are lazy buggers and won't be back.
calimary
(81,322 posts)I signed that petition! Sometimes you do stuff even while thinking there's no use. Well, this is proof that's not true!
okasha
(11,573 posts)Four cubs are a lot of hungry.
montanacowboy
(6,093 posts)glad to hear it, good for the Governor
After all it's the humans fault to begin with; we move them out of their habitat and then bitch when they have to eat our garbage to survive. It's a goddamn shame what we are doing to this planet.
Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)I truly believe that.