Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "Patrick Conley" channel.

  1.  @tecwzrd  - from what I understand, that whole community has this sort of attitude of attempting to live with the bears, not directly interacting with them, but not avoiding or eliminating them.
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  2. You can do some research into the background of this particular situation, Ashville, NC coexisting with the bears. The area is home to a sizeable bear population and the entire community has generally tried to coexist with the bears. There's enough bears and the area is rural enough that it's going to be nearly impossible to avoid human and bear contact without eliminating bears. Bears by and large aren't going to fear people, anyways.
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  3.  @wubblersswubblerss4822  - the cubs will grow up exploring the area regardless and finding their own interesting sources of food that most people wouldn't anticipate, even if the bird feeder was removed. Bears naturally scared of humans? Bears aren't naturally scared of anything in their biomes.
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  4.  @sammygirl6910  - Oh, my. Capital letters! When you mention securing possible food sources, you're suggesting that the homeowner either not put out birdfeed or do so in a way that the bear can't reach it. That's a sensible suggestion. However, you mention not acclimation bears to humans, you're suggesting that the homeowner not enjoy time outside on their porch. Being able to be outside and near nature is probably a main reason for living there. The bears become less intimidated by humans because they already know that there's food to be found and when they do manage to get into it, they're rewarded for the coming near humans. The bears are going to investigate the human structures, regardless, because we've built into their range. In a cursory search search the only thing I'd found on bear culling in western North Carolina was that they hadn't had an incident requiring such for years. It so uncommon that I didn't find anything discussing an incident of culling. So, I thing you're going a bit "millennial think" on the issue and being overly concerned (aka "triggered" for millennials) about something that isn't actually an issue. Further, in an incident where a homeowner killed a nuisance bear that had actually damaged his property, breaking into home and car several times, a local wildlife agency had been raising funds to send the cubs to a sanctuary to be raised for a year before being returned to the wild. Looking into actual, recorded events doesn't bear out your concerns, not even if I used capital letters in the search box.
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  5. Look up Ashville, NC and bears to get some background on how this rural community with a sizeable bear population is trying to coexist with the bears. Adult bears aren't going to be scared of humans, anyways.
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  6. Human: The gate was closed. Bear: There was a gate?
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