On the news: bear attack

westend wrote:

loulou57 wrote:

westend wrote:

loulou57 wrote:

navegator wrote:
Bears only "attack" if they are startled, cornered or have cubs, this bear probablly smelled food in the RV or some IDIOT fed it some food from a trailer door and this one was looking for food.

With all the fires that have destroyed so much food for all the animals it does not surprice me one bit if these animals are going hungry.

I am very happy that only the trailer is damaged and no one else, the kids must have been terrified.

navegator

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I am sorry but Bears do not only attack for the reasons suggested. Bears do stalk humans and do kill just to kill.

Do you have some reference to this statement?

Actually yes... A Dr from our area was stalked and killed by a bear at a place we frequent. Look online...woman killed by bear near Chapleau Ontario.
We knew the couple, we were there. The bear had been following them. The husband noticed every time they came ashore the same bear showed up shortly after. I won't get into details that were not made public but this bear did not kill her for food. There was no way she would have been revived by the Dr's. That came upon them. This has happened more times than this incident. Not every case hits the news.

I guess we have a difference as to the definition of "do kill just to kill". "Stalking" and an unreasonable urge just to kill something is probably not a reason for any wild animal attack. It is usually caused by territorial, predatory, or defensive reasons. Yes, a bear will follow a person if it thinks there is an invasion of it's territory and will attack but I wouldn't label this as an uncontrolled urge just to kill a human. As was posted, wild animals have a different thought process about keeping us out of their way, even if not for a meal.

This bear had followed them for quite a distance, not only a mile or so. It was concluded that the bear attacked and killed her for as we humans would say if the tables were turned "sport". As you say, we don't know how animals think. Some animals kill for fun. Think of a dog chasing a rabbit, he doesn't want to eat it, just catch it, play with it and kill it.

We really have to respect and expect anything from wild animals.