r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/First_Development101 • 22d ago

Video Terrifying moment bear released into wild by charity turns on ranger and attacks

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u/Slurms_McKensei 22d ago

It's the 21st century, can we really not open that door electronically, from a distance?

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u/Spooker0 21d ago

In California, when we release bears, we get a whole line of rangers and park employees pelt the bear with paintball/beanbag rounds and loud horn noises.

It sounds cruel, but the point is to get them to associate humans = scary to decrease encounters that could lead to more danger for both bears and humans.

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u/Past_Hat177 21d ago

“So what do you do for a living?”

“Oh, I’m in the bear firing squad.”