negligent, HOW?
I don’t camp cause of Bears, snakes...my idea of camping is a beachfront luxury hotel...but I don’t see how you can camp “in the wild” and then blame the govt if a bear attacks.
Ives, 11, was killed by a black bear on June 17, 2007, while camping with his family about a mile above the Timpooneke Campground in American Fork Canyon. He was ripped from his room in a module tent he had bought his stepfather for Father’s Day, before being dragged off and killed. The bear was eventually found and killed as well, and was confirmed to be the same animal that had entered the campsite the night before and rummaged through food coolers.
The black bear was classified as a Level III animal, which means that it should be euthanized, and wildlife officials did attempt to find the bear after its first appearance but were unsuccessful.
The suits allege that since the bear was unable to be found, campers should have been notified and the campground closed. The family said Friday that they are experienced campers well aware of the risks, but had they known of the bear they never would have stayed in the area just 15 minutes from their home.
“If there wasn’t an attack the night before, we wouldn’t be here arguing it,” said Ives’s biological father Kevan Francis.
The family claims that there were two chances for the state to warn them of the bear danger. The first was when they went through the gate to get to the campground. The second chance was a little more eerie.
“The family passed a Division of Wildlife Resources truck, [that] apparently was the one looking for the bear. They waved at them,”
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/260604/
Hey, at my age, my idea of camping is a hotel without room service or waitress service at the heated pool.
Blame the gub'mint if a bear attacks? You can if you're a liberal! BTW, my wife's idea of roughing it is staying at a hotel that doesn't have room service . . . .