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Biden's grizzly bear relocation plan poses 'real danger' to families and livestock, cattle producer warns
Fox News ^ | 3/30/24 | Yael Halon

Posted on 03/30/2024 7:35:01 PM PDT by Libloather

The Biden administration's plan to relocate grizzly bear populations to rural parts of Washington State will have a devastating impact on agriculture and livestock in the region while posing a significant danger to local communities, a fifth generation cattle producer warned.

Residents of Washington State are doubling down on their concerns surrounding the federal government's plan to translocate grizzly bears, an apex predator, to the federally-managed North Cascades National Park, after the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the strategy their preferred plan for grizzly bear management in the region.

The North Cascades National Park borders rural communities in northern Washington State. If approved, the plan would not only put the livelihoods of locals at risk, but it will pose a serious danger to families who live in the area, Neil Kayser, member of the Washington Cattleman's Association and longtime cattle producer, told Laura Ingraham on Monday.

"There’s a real danger of our livestock …of the people that are working and living in this area that they’re going to bring the bears into. It’s a real threat and danger to our families," Kayser said on "The Ingraham Angle."

Despite widespread opposition, the government's relocation proposal was accelerated last week with the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishing a final environmental impact statement listing the translocation of grizzly bears from other ecosystems with an "experimental population designation" as their ideal management strategy.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: agriculture; bear; bears; cattle; danger; farmers; farms; food; grizzly; grizzlybear; grizzlybears; livestock; sss; supply; war; waronfarmers; waronfarms; waronfood; waronranchers; washington; washingtonstate
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To: Libloather

If housing can be found for migrants then native born bears deserve equal treatment. I’m not thinking highrise apartments but more like single story single family homes near water. Marthas Vineyard would be perfect for starters. And there’s uninhabited houses in Detroit.


21 posted on 03/30/2024 8:48:05 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm looking for a blessing that is NOT in disguise.)
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To: BipolarBob

Leave Detroit out of this. Michigan has bears.;)


22 posted on 03/30/2024 8:52:23 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Disambiguator

Brenneke slugs ftw.


23 posted on 03/30/2024 8:54:02 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: madison10
So does Illinois!


24 posted on 03/30/2024 8:56:49 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: Bonemaker

You are correct, but you obviously know what I meant..


25 posted on 03/30/2024 9:21:45 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Libloather

Xfer a young male to the South Lawn.


26 posted on 03/30/2024 9:36:37 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: TigersEye

Amazing.

The historical range literally includes my back yard. [No Black Bears in evidence regionally either.]

We have enough personal/’hood evidence of Mountain Lion activity/presence. [It’s not a question of “if”, it’s a question of carrying sufficient deterrence at which times of day/seasons.]


27 posted on 03/30/2024 9:43:24 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

I knew that grizzlies used to live on the plains from accounts I had read of trappers and explorers. I didn’t realize the range extended as far as that map shows until did a search for it tonight.

Kansas City, both in MS and KS, could use some grizz. Keep the feral utes indoors more. :)

The range covers quite a few other cities that could benefit from grizz patrols too.


28 posted on 03/30/2024 9:50:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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Oops! I meant MO not MS.


29 posted on 03/30/2024 9:53:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: TigersEye

My wife and I have run across two different grizzlies while hiking in Glacier National Park through the years. They were both friendly fellows.


30 posted on 03/30/2024 10:00:19 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

You realize that bw is not going to stop a grizzly, right?


31 posted on 03/30/2024 10:10:49 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: crusty old prospector

Most of the time they avoid people. But a few people have been mauled and killed in GNP.

I hiked in over night with two friends back in Sept. ‘94. The huckleberries were at full ripeness. Camped at a lake at timberline. On the hike out we came across a big pile of grizz doo chuck full of huckleberries about one mile down from the lake. It wasn’t there on the hike in.

My companions were taken aback when I immediately stuck a finger in it. I wanted to know how warm it was and was slightly relieved that it was only slightly warmer than air temp. I still felt pretty nervous from there on out because all the berries were well below that point and where we were headed.


32 posted on 03/30/2024 10:13:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: Libloather

Lets just clone some saber tooth tigers and release them all over the place. 🙄


33 posted on 03/30/2024 10:18:02 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

We need Mastadons and Mammoths. Tens of thousands of them.

What could possibly go wrong? :)


34 posted on 03/30/2024 10:19:49 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: TigersEye

[What about the “crazy women”?]


35 posted on 03/30/2024 10:50:13 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Well, it’s true what they say about them. :P


36 posted on 03/30/2024 10:57:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: crusty old prospector
My wife and I have run across two different grizzlies while hiking in Glacier National Park through the years. They were both friendly fellows.

That's cause they weren't hungry or a mama.

37 posted on 03/30/2024 10:59:11 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Libloather

https://www.vox.com/2016/10/6/13170344/bear-attacks-national-state-parks

Pay attention peeps....


38 posted on 03/30/2024 11:17:36 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Very useful link.

Thanks.


39 posted on 03/30/2024 11:35:48 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: metmom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America


40 posted on 03/30/2024 11:36:54 PM PDT by Paladin2
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