Community Chat

[Kachina624]

@KittySoftPaws.  I notices in the video that was of the bitten man, it was garbage day and everyone had the big plastic garbage cans sitting out front.  What are they supposed to do with it?  Apparently the bear was in the backyard after the dog, not the garbage though.

[MoonieBaby]

Get your voice out there.  Local government and up the flagpole so to speak.  You have the voice they don't.  Be their advocate.  They deserve better than blind eradication.

[Goldengate8361]

@KittySoftPaws @Thank you for speaking up! Bless you.

[KittySoftPaws]

@Kachina624  Again, it is a no win because of overdevelopment. The Bears need to eat and they are losing their land, and in the process their hunting grounds. They say with this hunt, they are going to "bait" these poor animals with food and then shoot them as many times as they want. It's disgusting, and I wish we lived in a better World.

[Bonjour13]

You did something meaningful by not just showing up but using your voice and I’m sure that passion came through loud and clear on the news. It’s people like you who can shift public awareness and put pressure where it’s needed. Hopefully your story motivates others to speak up too, whether they live in Florida or not.

[spumoni99]

I wonder if they could do some sort of birth control on the bears? I remember hearing about them doing that with other animals, put contraceptives in food products or something I can't remember.  That would sure be better than a mass culling.

[chessylady]

@KittySoftPaws  from what I've read, studies show that cavities go up when flouride is removed from the water. I grew up where there was no flouride and had multiple cavities as a child.

[jubilant]

I have mixed feelings about this. People should be able to feel safe at their homes. If a bear killed my dog or hurt one of my family I would want it dead. It's too bad they don't have a relocation plan for these bears that wander too close to humans and their living

quarters.

[UpNorthGorgy]

@We rescue cats. Last night at 10 PM I heard a boom. Neighbors trash containers got dumped this time. Some people keep them in the garage for that reason. They make a mess, but just a nuisance. Rarely attack. I have had them in the garage.

I heard it in the woods for awhile snapping branches.  I also bring in my feeders as love  to  watch birds. I have lost a few  feeders also. DNR tells people to remove food. My guard dog was  behind me shaking and nervous. If they get bad DNR traps them, tag their ears and move them to another area. I was told they can rome a 30 mile radius.

Years ago I am told before local dumps closed, families used to bring Kool aid and popcorn in the  summer and drive to the dumps to watch the black bears. It was something for tourists to do.