Comments on: Relaxing With Alaska's Big Brown Bears

Bears And People Get Up Close At Sanctuary, But Will The Animals Know To Fear Hunters?

[therug1]

Total Disregard for the beauty and magesty of nature. It is no wonder that this planet is dying. When we as humans take an animal and make them unafraid of us and then WE HUNT THEM! I find this despicable. Why can't we leave well enough alone? These bears deserve our protection for all time (or as long as we are here). Hopefully the Alaskan government will realize this is a crime in itself. If we as humans kill these bears we deserve no less.

[bylehuskey]

I AM APPALLED. THESE MAGNIFICANT ANIMALS NEED TOTAL PROTECTED. PLEASE DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN. ONLY THE WEALTY CAN AFFORD THIS SO CALLED SPORT. IT'S REALLY A CANNED HUNT. VP CHENEY WILL PROBABLY PULL THE FIRST TRIGGER.

[pwalker5827]

No,No, No. It's wrong to permit trophy Bear hunting to happen in this area. These Brown Bears have lived protected for 50 years with no threat from man, now by whos order ??? the big bad business man with lots of cash can come in and bag a Brown Bear with litte or no threat to himself. Lets make it interseting, have these so called hunters hunt Brown Bear on the bears terms. For those of you that think, these are the ranting of a tree hugger, well I have been a SPORTSMAN most of my life, I find no sport in waiting for your target to walk up to you so close that you cant miss. Well, if you want to kill something buy a steer from your local rancher/farmer walk into the field and blow its brains out. I think this would be more dangerous than shooting a friendly Brown Bear.

I posted the Member Addresses of the Alaska Board of Game Members. These are the ones that made the decision reguarding hunting in the buffer zones of Mcneil River.

[ginkgi]

How can I officially and vehemently protest this terrible and tragic trophy hunting? We are such hypocrites...to a lobby...we simply cave in and the animal is once again the innocent suffering loser.

[carusso2-2009]

Dear Sir,
I just watched Jerry Bowen's piece depicting how Alaska is soon to open up it's own "killing fields" regards Brown Bears that have lost their fear of humans. It made me sick. Especially the guy that bemoaned loosing his hunting 'heritage'. What's that? Is that the malady we in the lower 48 states say when we wonder why we can't go out and kill a buffalo? Gee, we've lost our "heritage"... Give me a break. I suggest all of those who hunger for machismo via picking up a gun and killing some living thing go see a psychiatrist. My only question is how can those of us who would rather protect the Brown Bears from the killers unite via some kind of protest. Who do we write or call. Can someone please post the address and phone number of the politicians on the web so we can contact those responsible for opening up the killing fields...thanks.

[sanderson68]

I have hunted since I was 12 but never in my life have I seen anything so revolting. How can a "sanctuary" open its area up to trophy hunters. These bears have become accustomed to humans for the last 50 years and do not reguard us as their enemy. I can not imagine any self-respecting hunter would participate in such a dispicable act of slaughter and murder. When the program started I told my husband, "wow that would be a great place to vacation", then I heard the rest of it. To say my husband and I are outraged doesn't begin to describe it. If there is someone to contact please post. All of the people who came up with this barbaric idea should be ASHAMED!

[jandnmcguire]

My husband and I were lucky enough to see the bears in Alaska.They are beautiful lovely animals.I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE UP FOR TROPHY HUNTING!!! What kind of a nut would want to kill these beautiful animals for a TROPHY!!!!PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING?????
N.MCgUIRE

[dontodaro]

Let me start by saying that I am 42 years old and have hunted since I was 12, but I am a hunter who hunts for food only not horns not trophy and definitely not bears. I have found it appalling my whole life the same with hunting big cats or any animal that is used to put on a wall or a floor.

As for as people who have been killed by bears they have my sympathy, but they knew going into the bear habitat that was a possibility, if they did not they the error was on there part for not doing enough research on the environment they were
entering.
The bears do what comes natural, when killing a bear who is acclimated to humans is hardly a natural act.

Don Todaro
Desloge Mo

Member Addresses
Alaska Board of Game Members

Member
Address
Position Term Expires

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Mike Fleagle
3821 W. 67th Ave.
Anchorage, Alaska 99502-2014 Chair 03/01/2007

Ron Somerville
4506 Robbie Road
Juneau, Alaska 99802 Vice-Chair 03/01/2008

Ben Grussendorf
1221 Halibut Point Road
Sitka, AK 99835 03/01/2007

Richard Burley
1165 Coppet Street
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709
03/01/2009

Ted Spraker
49230 Victoria Ave.
Soldotna, Alaska 99669 03/01/2008

Cliff Judkins
PO Box 874124
Wasilla, Alaska 99687 03/01/2009

Paul Johnson
PO Box 329
Unalakleet, AK 99684
03/01/2008