Reply #34: I did read the article. Are you speaking of the fireworks - [View All]

[lynne]

- used to frighten the bears from populated areas? How does that reduce the overpopulation or solve the problem of them having too little to eat to survive the winter and raise young? And, they WILL raise young no matter how hungry they are.

At their current numbers the bears are destined to die of starvation and related disease unless they are thinned. Frightening the bears will only move them to another place and does nothing to address the cause of the problem.