[pct-l] Spray more effective than guns against bears: study

[Andrea Dinsmore]

Excellent site.

Thanks,

PCT MOM

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Ken Murray <kmurray at pol.net> wrote:

> I'm somewhat irritated that the moderator nicely asked people to stop the
> gun thread, but this has not occurred.  I'm not going to discuss guns any
> more, but thought that the issue of bear protection merits discussion, as
> there are so many misconceptions and misunderstandings about black bears.
>
> I'd strongly recommend the following site, bear.org, in general.  Lynn
> Rogers, the bear biologist associated with the North American Bear Center,
> may be the most knowledgable person alive about black bears.  He was the
> chief bear biologist for the US Forest Service for years, and has published
> a huge body of scholarly work.
>
> Anyway, here is the notice of the study:
>
>
> http://www.bear.org/website/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=202&Itemid=123
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