why could he not be taken to a zoo? or a preserve? or a different country? why are we euthanizing animals because we've taken away THEIR food source, how is this fair? we have the technology to travel through space but we cant find a solution for a baby bear who can't find any other place to find his food. the priorities of the human race disgust me time and time again. let me remind you, we share the planet. without them there's no us. we wait until their endangered to care, what a joke.
euthenasia is considered morally wrong/insufficent in todays culture when it comes to humans, but how about a bear? do we respect the very SAME basic rights of an individual regardless of being human or non human animals? if so what should be the consequences of such ethical issue?
I had a wolf pack take down a deer 20 feet from my house while I was away.
I choose to live in the wilderness I also choose to share it with those animals already here.
Take your garbage to where it supposed to be and they only pass through.
That said this is a yearling that would have probably died of starvation because it has likely been pushed out of it's regular habitat by it's own mother or siblings.
This was likely the best option given an urban local.
The human race arnt the only ones getting lazier and lazier..... The animal kingdom is being affected by us too, I mean why would a bear waste his time hunting and eating berries when he can get some good tasting treats in our garbage.... Do the math if we had to put people in jail for saving a bear life from suffering then I guess we should all put handcuffs on ourselfs because guess what we're not just killing bears..... Wake up people
This is definitely a case of cutting down forest, too much abuse of the environment, and sprawl. However, it's even scary to think that this problem would occur even in a neighbourhood that's old and not new. Now imagine all of those newer sprawl, cookie-cutter areas and what they'd be facing.
And by "destroyed" they mean killed - not simply "destroyed" like inanimate objects... of course that "provokes" an emotional reaction.
They should have re-located him. If he was indeed eating garbage without ever learning to forage for himself, he may not survive the wild, but he'd been only been sighted their for DAYS. Days means he found a food source, not that the food source is the only thing he knows how to find.
I see both points of view. I recognize that it is a really sad thing that the bear had to be put down. Really, I'm an animal lover and I can appreciate those who feel upset by the decision made by the conservation officers. But I can also admit that I don't know enough about bears and wildlife to say that what I think is the right thing to do in the situation. I would trust the knowledge, training, and experience of the officers to make a decision they feel is best.
yea thats the prob with garbage bears...i had one come around my house 3-4 times now i dont think they should be kill but just sent to a zoo or something at least
Calling animal control twice, tranquilized... euthinized.. why didn't you just shoot it with a freakin bullet in the first place?!?! it would have costed a lot less money.
That's so mean, it was just a baby bear. Couldn't he have been put in a zoo or something like that? So sad animals have to pay the price for our screw-ups!
Was there no other way to do this? Tranquilize it or anything? That was horrible! I mean did they really have no other choice? Then look at how small it is!
@MillerKiller10001 No - it's when humans continue to build more roads, more subdivisions, more logging, more resource development (oil, gas, mines) that encroach on bear habitat. Along with more and more human sprawl comes human food waste - once bears get a taste of it, they always come back for more.
A garbage bear is unfortunately, a dead bear.
To everyone - If you care about this, educate yourself on how DEVELOPMENT and YOUR OWN PERSONAL CONSUMPTION affects other species...
alright, well. yes this one bear was euthanized, but if it came back, mauled a child, or other animals, or caused a traffic collision, im 85% posative all of you would blame the conservation officers for not euthanizing it and letting it come back. No one can tell the future, but in all honesty, they could be saving lives. And as a side note, its just as much everyones fault for problems like these today as anyone elses, so no one here can really put the blame on anyone other than themselves.
We're Canadians. Our country was built by the wildlife and nature. Do you honestly think we like killing animals in this kind of situation? Do you think we get a thrill out of it? No!
If you think, we Canadians, like killing our wildlife due to this kind of issue. You've got another thing coming.
VERY sad; however; if they have done enough studies (tracking released animals at various distances etc) & have learned from this that the bear is definitely going to return to the neighborhood, or starve to death..then sadly, the euthanasia option is likely the kindest.
I hate that too...but it might be true.
IF they haven't got enough support from such studies, then shame on them for their laziness & disregard for that bear & all wildlife.
@l3allinJames That's just a stupid thing to say, im not even gonna waste my time on informing you how stupid that comment was. I would hardly consider a bears life as valuable as a humans, but whatever you say.
Good choice by the officer anyway, it makes total sense, obviously the bear will come back, or find another city to find garbage in, why not? It's a free meal for the bear thats easily accessable.
I see ppl writing comments like, "they're right for killing it".
I'm sorry but who has the right to take another's/animal's life?
The animal will have to scavenger to get food, and may starve to death. But that's just the way things are, ppl have taken their habitat, for their own needs.
So how in the world do you think it would be fair for us to judge and kill the bear because we think "it's for the best" when were the ones who taking its habitat, thus making it looking for food elsewhere.
@TypicalPeppers i know this will sound totally egocentric but, we humans are the supreme rulers, so we can do basically what we want, get it? thats just life and reality
These problems increased since they stop the spring bear hunt which controlled the population but also scared the bears back into the wild. The irony is they are killing more bears through bears coming into peoples garbage that if they allowed the hunt with people paying for hunting tags and licenses. Yet the MNR don't want admit they were wrong when the canceled the spring bear hunt it's just easier to kill off hundred of bears and let them go to complete waste.
They could have relocated the bear to a really remote area or even given it to a zoo. They killed it because that was the most economical means to get rid of it.
I cannot believe this! This makes me so angry, like Mermaidsunset mentioned the humans have taken over the animals land, there is no other solution to kill it!!!!! We have many zoo's around the world that I am sure would help out on making this 2 year old bear live a long, happy fulfilled life! But no this conservation officer just decided that killing it would be a better & easier solution then having to find another way to help save the bear!!!!!
what a sin.. this bear didnt have a home or anything.. where i live there are little black bears and big ones every summer... they eat garbage.. out cops and conservation officers dont kill them here unless they are like trying to get people and that.. and besides these people are taking their homes and food sources. like here too but, i live in a very small town in labrador............... My piont is why kill him when he isn't harming anyone ? so what theres a lil garbage, i can be cleaned up..
@MrBonnerful bears can travel up to 180 miles a day they have a good memory they will remember where the food is. if he doesnt go back there he'll remember that populated areas have food, thus going straight back to them. I have lived around bears my whole life and know how they work, lost much livestock to them and had many dangerous encounters with them just because they were relocated and came right back again.
wow the person is a conservation officer...that is not conservation. that is the murder of a BABY; a SMALL cub that would have survived after easily being relocated. I could understand if it was a massive bear that they cant control, but this is just a cub
I cant believe what im reading in these comments, millions of animals are culled for food every year and youre complaining about ONE bear that is endangering the lives of a community? Give me a break.
and these people have the audacity to call what they are doing ethical. The ethical thing would be is to atleast try and relocate him. This makes me sick
i agree with everyone it obviously sucks to see a cute fluffy bear have to be euthanized but did you guys not hear the end? the conservation officer said "it's much more ethical to euthanize an animal than to starve it to death"
this is absolutely horrible; and I'm talking to those wardens! You should be ashamed of yourself. Try to justify this kill? Relocation does work. They do it in the Northwest Territories all the time with the polar bears. The problem is you don't want to take the time
It's much more ethical to euthinize an animal, than to starve it to death. Hmmm....and yet it is against the law to euthanize a human. Even if they ask for it to be done. Even if they will suffer and perhaps starve to death in care homes. Perhaps we have something to learn from this video.
They should change the term "Destroyed" to "Murdered" and then they should make it very clear that conservation officers didn't murder this bear, ignorant people did.
I know what the hell does destroyed mean can't say murdered? The bear didn't hurt anyone just making a living why can't they put him in a zoo or something?
Oh, poor cousin. RIP. Truck loads FULL of garbage. WHO's fault is it. We are cutting down our forest to make room for urban communities... WHERE are they suppose to go? The destruction of this beautiful animal is HUMAN error, HUMAN FAULT!
Agree with you. While visiting BC I have seen loads of posters saying to be responsible with food and garbage to discourage bears '- yet that trailer full of garbage just makes the area look like a shit hole. And who looses out - the bear. Pathetic. When will man stop wrecking this planet and spreading into animals natural territory. Probably never - makes me ashamed.
@MrBonnerful like they said at the end the bear would come back.. even if they moved him to the middle of nowhere.. he would find a new community to eat its trash.. likely attacking a child or the local pets.. maybe even an adult.. bears are not friendly they are wild and will kill people.. the chances going up dramaticly if they are living off a community.. all that said it is very sad he had to die :(
@MrBonnerful No, they're right. It would have starved to death; painfully, and in an excruciating manner. It would be downright torture to allow this to happen.
@MrBonnerful Yea, then if the bear came back and killed a kid, you would be complaining that the conservation officer didn't kill the bear. I am pretty sure you just like to complain.
O MY GOODNESS are you kinding me. he was only a baby!!! what a stupid person to say that since he has the taste for garbage he will just come back NO YOUR WRONG guy!!!! He was only a baby!!! There is no need to kill this poor animal because he was hungry, we just needed to relocate him. We need to do something about this!!! I VOTE NO
@kodaandtoomai Yeah.. it was a baby. All it knew was eating garbage. It would have grown up, not knowing how to survive any other way. It's the best option.
WELL OBVIOUSLY WE GOT A BEAR IN RUTLAND!!!
hazey509 1 year ago
why could he not be taken to a zoo? or a preserve? or a different country? why are we euthanizing animals because we've taken away THEIR food source, how is this fair? we have the technology to travel through space but we cant find a solution for a baby bear who can't find any other place to find his food. the priorities of the human race disgust me time and time again. let me remind you, we share the planet. without them there's no us. we wait until their endangered to care, what a joke.
3mmmily 1 year ago
With that much trash around, no wonder.
L2clean up your trash so that this shit does not happen again.
kittieftw 1 year ago
euthenasia is considered morally wrong/insufficent in todays culture when it comes to humans, but how about a bear? do we respect the very SAME basic rights of an individual regardless of being human or non human animals? if so what should be the consequences of such ethical issue?
behnam13671988 1 year ago
I have bears in my yard all the time.
I had a wolf pack take down a deer 20 feet from my house while I was away.
I choose to live in the wilderness I also choose to share it with those animals already here.
Take your garbage to where it supposed to be and they only pass through.
That said this is a yearling that would have probably died of starvation because it has likely been pushed out of it's regular habitat by it's own mother or siblings.
This was likely the best option given an urban local.
CanadianToad 1 year ago
The human race arnt the only ones getting lazier and lazier..... The animal kingdom is being affected by us too, I mean why would a bear waste his time hunting and eating berries when he can get some good tasting treats in our garbage.... Do the math if we had to put people in jail for saving a bear life from suffering then I guess we should all put handcuffs on ourselfs because guess what we're not just killing bears..... Wake up people
KiraUsuck 1 year ago
This is definitely a case of cutting down forest, too much abuse of the environment, and sprawl. However, it's even scary to think that this problem would occur even in a neighbourhood that's old and not new. Now imagine all of those newer sprawl, cookie-cutter areas and what they'd be facing.
lookscudkill 1 year ago
Because this bear remembers where he got rewarded.
How about this bear also remembers where he got tranquilized.
Seikima 1 year ago
And by "destroyed" they mean killed - not simply "destroyed" like inanimate objects... of course that "provokes" an emotional reaction.
They should have re-located him. If he was indeed eating garbage without ever learning to forage for himself, he may not survive the wild, but he'd been only been sighted their for DAYS. Days means he found a food source, not that the food source is the only thing he knows how to find.
david0aloha 1 year ago
I see both points of view. I recognize that it is a really sad thing that the bear had to be put down. Really, I'm an animal lover and I can appreciate those who feel upset by the decision made by the conservation officers. But I can also admit that I don't know enough about bears and wildlife to say that what I think is the right thing to do in the situation. I would trust the knowledge, training, and experience of the officers to make a decision they feel is best.
k8eightyeight 1 year ago
put him in a zoo,
KronicKnightPrez 1 year ago
yea thats the prob with garbage bears...i had one come around my house 3-4 times now i dont think they should be kill but just sent to a zoo or something at least
crimsonband008 1 year ago
I think he should have been called Recycle bear.
Should have relocated it at least he had a fighting chance.
realistromeo 1 year ago
euthanize it? cmon put him in a zoo at least. i hope this people doing this get an eternal karma
tenderpatuty 1 year ago
Calling animal control twice, tranquilized... euthinized.. why didn't you just shoot it with a freakin bullet in the first place?!?! it would have costed a lot less money.
lexmark136 1 year ago
That's so mean, it was just a baby bear. Couldn't he have been put in a zoo or something like that? So sad animals have to pay the price for our screw-ups!
CanadianPerspective 1 year ago
Relocating doesn't work? These MoFo's are always looking to make their jobs easier.
theyofactor 1 year ago
Was there no other way to do this? Tranquilize it or anything? That was horrible! I mean did they really have no other choice? Then look at how small it is!
DynamicallyCelestial 1 year ago
when bears get comfortable around developed areas is when attacks happen.
MillerKiller10001 1 year ago
@MillerKiller10001 No - it's when humans continue to build more roads, more subdivisions, more logging, more resource development (oil, gas, mines) that encroach on bear habitat. Along with more and more human sprawl comes human food waste - once bears get a taste of it, they always come back for more.
A garbage bear is unfortunately, a dead bear.
To everyone - If you care about this, educate yourself on how DEVELOPMENT and YOUR OWN PERSONAL CONSUMPTION affects other species...
ToughTitty1 1 year ago
alright, well. yes this one bear was euthanized, but if it came back, mauled a child, or other animals, or caused a traffic collision, im 85% posative all of you would blame the conservation officers for not euthanizing it and letting it come back. No one can tell the future, but in all honesty, they could be saving lives. And as a side note, its just as much everyones fault for problems like these today as anyone elses, so no one here can really put the blame on anyone other than themselves.
bawsm21 1 year ago
Wha wha wha. People who get all upset about this sh*t are also the people who have no contact with nature in their lives.
ProfessorBunglesmith 1 year ago
We're Canadians. Our country was built by the wildlife and nature. Do you honestly think we like killing animals in this kind of situation? Do you think we get a thrill out of it? No!
If you think, we Canadians, like killing our wildlife due to this kind of issue. You've got another thing coming.
SnowArctica 1 year ago
alot of stupid people on here saying its such a horrible thing, what about when it attacks someone?
tyler2044 1 year ago
VERY sad; however; if they have done enough studies (tracking released animals at various distances etc) & have learned from this that the bear is definitely going to return to the neighborhood, or starve to death..then sadly, the euthanasia option is likely the kindest.
I hate that too...but it might be true.
IF they haven't got enough support from such studies, then shame on them for their laziness & disregard for that bear & all wildlife.
matrix13thfloor 1 year ago
poor little bear:(
mitchfukncanfield 1 year ago
The bear eventually would have mauled some person...it got rewarded with garbage and it would be back and back for more.
MegaJim79 1 year ago
@MegaJim79 Then the people should move.
Andrew19ao 1 year ago
I love how you can kill a human and get 10 years in jail, but kill a animal and get nothing.
l3allinJames 1 year ago
@l3allinJames That's just a stupid thing to say, im not even gonna waste my time on informing you how stupid that comment was. I would hardly consider a bears life as valuable as a humans, but whatever you say.
Good choice by the officer anyway, it makes total sense, obviously the bear will come back, or find another city to find garbage in, why not? It's a free meal for the bear thats easily accessable.
Tr0llinghard 1 year ago 3
put it in a zoo prob solved
aaronfryingpan99 1 year ago
Good decision.
guyincognito84 1 year ago
why didnt they just take it to a zoo
elkeyno69 1 year ago
I see ppl writing comments like, "they're right for killing it".
I'm sorry but who has the right to take another's/animal's life?
The animal will have to scavenger to get food, and may starve to death. But that's just the way things are, ppl have taken their habitat, for their own needs.
So how in the world do you think it would be fair for us to judge and kill the bear because we think "it's for the best" when were the ones who taking its habitat, thus making it looking for food elsewhere.
TypicalPeppers 1 year ago
@TypicalPeppers i know this will sound totally egocentric but, we humans are the supreme rulers, so we can do basically what we want, get it? thats just life and reality
xxxCRAZYLOVExxx 1 year ago
Why don't they put him in a Zoo.
I mean, if he can't make it in the wild, why not keep him alive in a cage.
RichardZERO 1 year ago
A very unfortunate outcome but not an unethical one.
0ldmanstew 1 year ago
WHAT? ITS JUST A INOCENT CREATURE! humans are evil!
creature1018 1 year ago
These problems increased since they stop the spring bear hunt which controlled the population but also scared the bears back into the wild. The irony is they are killing more bears through bears coming into peoples garbage that if they allowed the hunt with people paying for hunting tags and licenses. Yet the MNR don't want admit they were wrong when the canceled the spring bear hunt it's just easier to kill off hundred of bears and let them go to complete waste.
shojingod 1 year ago
Relocate it way into the wild and it'll cross state lines to find that neighbourhood? Hmm...
DanimalLawlz 1 year ago
Let me get this straight, they kill a bear because it's hungry and searching for food, and they let murderers out on parole?
TheOmegaSlayer 1 year ago
They could have relocated the bear to a really remote area or even given it to a zoo. They killed it because that was the most economical means to get rid of it.
nobodyimporification 1 year ago
its just an animal...
avsfan19 1 year ago
sucks ):
soshiderek 1 year ago
The news is so dramatic and alarmist by using the word 'destroyed'
darknessbydesign 1 year ago
"euthanized" my ass...the unsuspecting 2 year old bear was sniped at point blank range....you can see it at 0:45...a guy sniping the little bear.
rafuzibitch 1 year ago
@rafuzibitch Tranquilizer gun, genius.
NoJamOnYourBread 1 year ago
I cannot believe this! This makes me so angry, like Mermaidsunset mentioned the humans have taken over the animals land, there is no other solution to kill it!!!!! We have many zoo's around the world that I am sure would help out on making this 2 year old bear live a long, happy fulfilled life! But no this conservation officer just decided that killing it would be a better & easier solution then having to find another way to help save the bear!!!!!
nighbs 1 year ago
poor bear :(
stevo292 1 year ago
what a sin.. this bear didnt have a home or anything.. where i live there are little black bears and big ones every summer... they eat garbage.. out cops and conservation officers dont kill them here unless they are like trying to get people and that.. and besides these people are taking their homes and food sources. like here too but, i live in a very small town in labrador............... My piont is why kill him when he isn't harming anyone ? so what theres a lil garbage, i can be cleaned up..
bethirteen 1 year ago
stop making hippies cry by recording this garbage and stamping it "real news"
ZebbMassiv 1 year ago
@MrBonnerful bears can travel up to 180 miles a day they have a good memory they will remember where the food is. if he doesnt go back there he'll remember that populated areas have food, thus going straight back to them. I have lived around bears my whole life and know how they work, lost much livestock to them and had many dangerous encounters with them just because they were relocated and came right back again.
Mercifulangelica 1 year ago
the young bear is innocent
xXLocusFinXx 1 year ago
wow the person is a conservation officer...that is not conservation. that is the murder of a BABY; a SMALL cub that would have survived after easily being relocated. I could understand if it was a massive bear that they cant control, but this is just a cub
94351 1 year ago
I cant believe what im reading in these comments, millions of animals are culled for food every year and youre complaining about ONE bear that is endangering the lives of a community? Give me a break.
Dman40000 1 year ago
In A FEW MORE YEARS THERE WON'T BE ANY BEARS LEFT IF THIS KEEPS UP.
munchkinaporizkova 1 year ago
Thats BS.....If the bear is placed in an area where there is a proper food source it will stay put. No need to kill it!
So Much for The Conservation of WildLife!
GerryK61 1 year ago
''He'll be back...'' ooh I'm scared
alleygh0st 1 year ago
and these people have the audacity to call what they are doing ethical. The ethical thing would be is to atleast try and relocate him. This makes me sick
kzam90 1 year ago
poor lil guy :(
bcb0xer 1 year ago
i agree with everyone it obviously sucks to see a cute fluffy bear have to be euthanized but did you guys not hear the end? the conservation officer said "it's much more ethical to euthanize an animal than to starve it to death"
smashupradio 1 year ago
this is absolutely horrible; and I'm talking to those wardens! You should be ashamed of yourself. Try to justify this kill? Relocation does work. They do it in the Northwest Territories all the time with the polar bears. The problem is you don't want to take the time
nimroid08 1 year ago
It's much more ethical to euthinize an animal, than to starve it to death. Hmmm....and yet it is against the law to euthanize a human. Even if they ask for it to be done. Even if they will suffer and perhaps starve to death in care homes. Perhaps we have something to learn from this video.
sonrisadaniela 1 year ago
This is horrible!!!
Delisle4 1 year ago 32
@Delisle4
that is how it is. human beings spread like virus infesting the planet...destroying everything
hunting for fun (very barbaric btw), destroying natural habits, soon there will not be many species or habitat left
CoolDojo9000 1 year ago
They should change the term "Destroyed" to "Murdered" and then they should make it very clear that conservation officers didn't murder this bear, ignorant people did.
anthonyhiscox 1 year ago 5
I know what the hell does destroyed mean can't say murdered? The bear didn't hurt anyone just making a living why can't they put him in a zoo or something?
SuperUncleruckus 1 year ago
@anthonyhiscox well, considering we "murder" several MILLION cows and chicks EACH DAY, I really don't see why this would be a big deal
Fig1024 1 year ago
@Fig1024 It is not - but Youtube allow ladies and "new age nice guys" to comment on Youtube videos.
nwahforever 1 year ago
Oh, poor cousin. RIP. Truck loads FULL of garbage. WHO's fault is it. We are cutting down our forest to make room for urban communities... WHERE are they suppose to go? The destruction of this beautiful animal is HUMAN error, HUMAN FAULT!
Mermaidsunset 1 year ago 62
@Mermaidsunset
Agree with you. While visiting BC I have seen loads of posters saying to be responsible with food and garbage to discourage bears '- yet that trailer full of garbage just makes the area look like a shit hole. And who looses out - the bear. Pathetic. When will man stop wrecking this planet and spreading into animals natural territory. Probably never - makes me ashamed.
593OLYMPUS 1 year ago 3
@Mermaidsunset OMG!!! ONE BEAR... who cares...
embrid 1 year ago
Why did they Kill the bear? That is BS cop! You don't know that this bear wouldnt survive some where far away from there. KILLERS!
MrBonnerful 1 year ago 4
@MrBonnerful like they said at the end the bear would come back.. even if they moved him to the middle of nowhere.. he would find a new community to eat its trash.. likely attacking a child or the local pets.. maybe even an adult.. bears are not friendly they are wild and will kill people.. the chances going up dramaticly if they are living off a community.. all that said it is very sad he had to die :(
Sezlar 1 year ago
@MrBonnerful No, they're right. It would have starved to death; painfully, and in an excruciating manner. It would be downright torture to allow this to happen.
odawgy01 1 year ago 2
@MrBonnerful Yea, then if the bear came back and killed a kid, you would be complaining that the conservation officer didn't kill the bear. I am pretty sure you just like to complain.
tyronebiggums69 1 year ago
at least put it in the zoo =.= instead of killing it
vietlaws 1 year ago
They shhould have moved him 150 KMs into the bush.... thats i think is wrong... if hes hungry he will kill a rabiit.. or a somthing
Cichlid180 1 year ago
Booo!!! Personally, I'd rather starve to death then be tranquilized and murdered in my sleep.
TheHumanComa 1 year ago
O MY GOODNESS are you kinding me. he was only a baby!!! what a stupid person to say that since he has the taste for garbage he will just come back NO YOUR WRONG guy!!!! He was only a baby!!! There is no need to kill this poor animal because he was hungry, we just needed to relocate him. We need to do something about this!!! I VOTE NO
A concerned kelowna citizen!!!!
kodaandtoomai 1 year ago
@kodaandtoomai Yeah.. it was a baby. All it knew was eating garbage. It would have grown up, not knowing how to survive any other way. It's the best option.
NoJamOnYourBread 1 year ago
@NoJamOnYourBread
that is how it is. human beings spread like virus infesting the planet...destroying everything
CoolDojo9000 1 year ago
Poor bear =[
xasthurhead 1 year ago
Its such a shame. Ah well.
goldenjabba 1 year ago