Re the grizzly bear the killed his handler that is in the headlines today -

"Bambi" is NOT reality. The reality is, people call such bears 'tame', but the bears have neither read the book, nor agreed with its premise, that persuades supposedly superior and supposedly more intelligent humans that bears can be 'tamed'. In short, they are not 'tame', and they never will be. The bear should be left to live and handled in some other way, since it can't be returned to the wild. Walt Disney & his dream-films are the worst thing to happen to wild animals since DDT and dioxin.

As for the story about grizzlies in Yellowstone - "Are there too many bears in Yellowstone?" No, there are too many HUMANS, the same as every other place on earth. Just because some Bambi-ite with more money than brains wants to build a house in or on the edge of a National Forest or other National Wilderness Preserve, DOES NOT mean they should be allowed to. Yellowstone National Park is not a zoo. The animals and flora that live there year round have precedence over the humans who come there to visit. The humans are said to be smarter - the humans need to be educated so they treat Yellowstone's inhabitants with respect instead of Pollyanna attitudes.

I hunt, with bow, guns, and cameras, and I admire the wild animals tremendously, but I don't think in terms of cuddling up to something with 4"-long claws and 3"-long fangs, such as a grizzly, or hand-feeding it. My Ina (ee-nah) / Momma didn't raise no dumb Indns.

I'm a horse-Indn, and we have Traditionally saluted any of our hunters who fought with a bear and survived, let alone won, but we also gave such people a wide berth, on the premise that they were spiritually different and not to be trifled with, due to the nature of "bear". That's an excellent perspective to maintain today.

A white man brought a bear cub up to the state Legislative Session one year, asking for some help with a bill regarding wild animals. I held this 4-month-old bear in my arms. He gave me a hug that took my breath away, and I've swung a hammer for over 30 years. I am no soft female. That should tell anyone all they ever need to know about the strength of bears.

That the bear bit the handler and killed him is not the bear's fault. Killing the bear won't teach it anything. Killing the bear won't bring back the dummy who hugged the bear. Killing the bear won't do one damned good thing. The bears - including this one - need our protection, our admiration, and our help - not to be treated like pets when there is nothing pet-ish about them.