Forest service warns against #bearselfies - CNN.com - http://www.cnn.com/2014...
Nov 3, 2014
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Spidra Webster,
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"Dear park visitors,
Please don't take selfies with bears. It's stupid.
Love, the U.S Forest Service
That pretty much sums up a warning issued recently by wildlife officials at Taylor Creek Visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe, California.
"Bears are unpredictable, wild animals and may attack if threatened," Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson said in a statement. "We can't have visitors creating dangerous situations for themselves and others. People are risking serious injury or death if they get too close to a bear."
And if you don't care about your own health, at least consider the bears. If one attacked, officials would have to capture and kill it."
- Steve C, Team Marina
I hate that they even have to point out why this is a stupid, bad, no-good idea. (See also: selfies with any other large wildlife.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
You couldn't pay me to take a photo with a bear. Nevermind the wildlife ethics, bears are scary!
- Jenny H.
Might be a good way to thin the herd. Of humans, not bears.
- Spidra Webster