Comments on: Rocky Kills

By: sausage1

sausage1 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:21:55 +0000

I know I should feel a great deal of sympathy for the deceased and the immediate family, but I can’t help feeling a great deal of anger as well. I mean, what did theye expect? We are not talking a gerbil in a cage here, we are talking an 800LB BEAR!! Being manhandled!! That it went so long without succumbing to instinctive drift is pretty amazing.

Spare the bear!

By: Alligator

Alligator — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:48:20 +0000

I asked some Bear Clan members of a certain Native American tribe I know what they think of people who train bears or worse, people like the fellow in Alaska who anthropomorphized bears and believed that he knew them well enough to not be harmed by them. He became something of a celebrity as a result. He and his girlfriend were both eaten.

Bear Clan members (of this particular tribe) believe that the bear is their ancestor and acts as their helper in life. They draw strength and encouragement and guidance from the spirit of the bear. Basically, they said white people are idiots around animals. “Anyone should know a bear can seriously hurt or kill you in a second.” When I asked about reconciling that with their belief that the bear is their relative and spirit helper, the reply was, “The bear has to come to you, usually in a dream or vision. You cannot physically go to it because then you put yourself in danger. Bears cannot go to each other except when mating. Even the sow eventually becomes gruff and drives off her cubs. Given time, she would kill them if they don’t move away. Why would bears treat people any differently?”

Indians have better sense about animals than we do.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:05:15 +0000

If the fellow involved in this event is anything like the one I saw a documentary about, then he did not anthropomorphize the bears he worked with, and was intimately familiar with the dangers inherent in his profession. The bear should not be destroyed. The man died doing what he loved. Rest in peace.

By: rayrich

rayrich — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:37:22 +0000

It’s time that Hollywood and animal trainers stop taking advantage of these animals and let responsible rescue groups give these wild creatures a refuge and a more natural environment to exist in. Man has virtually wiped out all the great predators and when these tragic incidences occur the media sensationalizes it and everyone suffers. This continues to perpetuate the fear and demonizing of these exploited animals by the mass medias that have no stake in protecting these endangered animals. Hollywood should spend more dollars through documentaries and movies that highlight the exploitation and misconceptions of these great predators and educate the public to not only learn from the Bears, Wolves, Great Cats, etc…, but also to respect and admire these beautiful creatures.

By: a_mangy_human

a_mangy_human — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:11:22 +0000

Me too Ceroill! Reminds me of Siegfried and Roy.
Man oh man when will we learn? Everything is wild!

Even my house cats, though thousands of years of “domestication”, in my eyes they are still wild creatures who might snap and turn on me at any given moment, mine aren’t declawed either and certainly could do lots of damage to my fragile flesh, as babied as they have been, I still don’t 100% trust them!

Don’t people realize we humans ourselves are wild animals! Nothing is tame and domesticated, nothing! This is why are prisons and mental hospitals are over crowded.

I think Friedrich Nietzsche said it best! “Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his very heaven.”

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:01:35 +0000

I hope Rocky’s life will be spared

By: olejason

olejason — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:50:30 +0000

There really isn’t any kind of safety equipment, without severe movement restriction, that would allow you to “work” with an 800lb bear.

Wild animals aren’t meant for entertainment. They should have seen this one coming.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:08:13 +0000

Let’s just hope that he hasn’t gotten the taste for blood like some dogs do. Usually when a dog, family pet that would only attack to protect, happens to find something dead or somehow gets a taste of blood, that wild canine part returns. May not act like a wolf, but there have been reports of the family pet actually hunting and taking down things like cows or horses. Just imagine what this bear could do, and I am glad I’m not the one having to find out. Besides, aren’t the people working with such animals suppose to have some sort of safety equipment? If the guy had some sort of collar on that was either stiff or tasted bad the bear wouldn’t have bit him there.

I wonder what Will Ferrell is thinking right now.

By: eireman

eireman — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:35:37 +0000

I agree. The animal shouldn’t be put down. It did nothing wrong; it’s not a “man-eater”. The bear simply didn’t know what it was doing.

By: Richard888

Richard888 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:14:13 +0000

I can’t help but feel angered when yet another magnificent animal has to be put down because of the foolishness of humans.