CBC said:
A homeowner in central B.C. has been captured on video shooting a charging grizzly bear in his yard — a decision he says he made in trying to protect himself and his family, but one that has drawn threats in the days since.
Empty threats by pieces of shit that are so full of pieces of it that they can't fathom shooting at a charging grizzly bear? Why, because in their twisted heads, it's better to die from a charging grizzly that was provoked instead of being scared off?
He came home and learned of this repeated deadly nuisance. With compassion, he opted to scare it off. That it transgressed into provocation is even itself signs of warped thinking--no matter how "provoked" is used. First off, his intention wasn't to incite an attack. His intention was to scare it off. That's enough right there to take a step back and consider the judgemental word play as somehow being justification for death threats. When an intention to do one thing leads to something else, it's doesn't turn into provocation.
Earlier this month, he went outside to scare off the sow with a shotgun loaded with birdshot.
What a dipshit. Don't get me wrong, I have no qualms with him going outside to scare off the bear with a loaded shotgun. It's what it's loaded with that concerns me. Birdshot, seriously? Being charged is always a possibility. Be armed with the tools to stop the threat regardless of intent.
The animal may be wild and unable to realize she's trespassing. It can't read, and listening isn't a developed skill. But, don't think for a moment that they don't know what they're doing. Don't let the reasons take you too far. They know damn well the damage they'll reek when they get ahold of you.
By leaving them on the property, you're playing Russian roulette, and I'm not doing that with my kids or my family."
exactly
Michalchuk's wife filmed the encounter with the bear and posted it on YouTube.
See, this is where they're not all that different than the bears. Clueless in some respects but fully aware in others.
Pieces of shit are out there--and it didn't even dawn on them. Had they even thought of it, it probably ended with "I don't care what other people think."
"I didn't want to shoot her in the face so I clipped her in the right leg. Thank God when I shot, it did exactly what I hoped it would do: It tripped her."
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Too many qualifiers there. Approaching a bear isn't smart. 