Different kind of emergency

[Michael]

I sure hope that nose is more resilient than it looks.

[tskstorm]

that looked like it really hurt .. ow

[scubanurse]

owiees! I can't imagine that bear is really okay.... he practically landed on his nose! They couldn't use the air mattress things?

[Michael]

Okay so I'm not the only one who wondered about "The police say physically the bear will be just fine."

[TDP]

Tranquilizers work wonders. Glad they got the cubby out of the tree. Things could have been worse,had they not acted on removing him.

[Chief1C]

Now if they allowed us to carry tranquilizer guns... Think of the possibilities?

[firedoc5]

So, is animal control going to be issued a trampoline that can be set up quickly?

[spenac]

Okay so I'm not the only one who wondered about "The police say physically the bear will be just fine."

Yes as a mental health professional I have concerns for this victims mental well being. In my therapy sessions I will be advising the victim to seek a good attorney and sue the tree owner, the trampoline owner and manufacturer, the police, animal control, the city, everyone. He will need the money in order to pay me to help him recover. :shock:

[Michael]

spenac, it's the bear's nose I wondered about.

[fortsmithman]

That was a young bear. It wasn't as big as some of the black bears that I've seen. Here in the NWT if a bear enter an area where people are then the local renewable resources officer kills the bear by shooting it. The officer also has the option not to destroy the bear only if people are not in the area then they will try to capture it. The officer has to err to the side of public safety if there are people in the area then they destroy the bear as not to endanger the bystanders. Here in town the department of environment and natural resources sets up live bear traps and if they catch a bear then they move the bear to location far from town and releases them. I've seen plenty of bears destroyed I've never seen any tranquilized.