Group Pulls Bear Cubs Off Tree to Take Pictures With Them

[WyoDoug]

This is so dangerous and stupid it is crazy and puts the cubs at risk.

Group caught on camera pulling bear cubs from tree to take pictures with them

A concerning video shows a group of people in North Carolina pulling two small bear cubs from a tree in Asheville.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[sccritterkiller]

It's Asheville...they love bears to death up there..

 

[Gellar]

Some days I believe in Darwinism and other days it’s just where’s He at now?

 

[geewhiz]

Part of me wishes the mother would have shown up.

 

[nrpate05]

It'll be interesting to compare the outcry from this to the wolf guy in Daniel, WY. I didn't see any punishment in the article - wonder if there will be any.

 

[INMT]

Another level of stupid.

 

[BMountaineer]

In a mythical world I would run, those people would be required to pay the costs of upkeep of that cub until it can be successfully released to the wild.

 

[Steelsearchin]

"Bear cubs cannot survive on their own, so the refuge center will wait until the cub is a subadult — a range of ages between 4 and 6 years old where bears become independent of their mothers despite not yet being technically mature."

Say what?!?

Having been within 5 or 6 yards of a mother bear and her pair of two year old cubs, who were working the same blood trail my son and I were, I can say all three looked adult enough to me!!

 

[KG92]

Part of me wishes the mother would have shown up.

All of me wishes that

 

[howl]

"Bear cubs cannot survive on their own, so the refuge center will wait until the cub is a subadult — a range of ages between 4 and 6 years old where bears become independent of their mothers despite not yet being technically mature."

Say what?!?

Having been within 5 or 6 yards of a mother bear and her pair of two year old cubs, who were working the same blood trail my son and I were, I can say all three looked adult enough to me!!

Solid reporting by CBS.

 

[benclimbing]

The appropriate punishment here is mandatory trichinosis infection.

 

[WyoDoug]

The appropriate punishment here is mandatory trichinosis infection.

Or get caged next to a grizzly with cubs.

 

[noharleyyet]

 

[benclimbing]

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The herd remains intact; the thinning taking place is that of common sense and intelligence.