KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak brown bear photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Former Katmai National Park bear biologist Dr. Tom Smith, now of Brigham Young University in Utah, and the co-authors of a recent study analyzed 269 incidents in Alaska involving guns, people and bears – most of them grizzly, or brown bears. He says in 15 percent of those incidents people panicked, decided they didn’t want to shoot, couldn’t get a shot off soon enough, or didn’t hit the bear. He says 85 percent of the time people did shoot the bear. In those 229 incidents, 175 bears were killed, but Smith says the people didn’t fare so well either. Listen to the full story here .
Kodiak brown bear photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Former Katmai National Park bear biologist Dr. Tom Smith, now of Brigham Young University in Utah, and the co-authors of a recent study analyzed 269 incidents in Alaska involving guns, people and bears – most of them grizzly, or brown bears. He says in 15 percent of those incidents people panicked, decided they didn’t want to shoot, couldn’t get a shot off soon enough, or didn’t hit the bear. He says 85 percent of the time people did shoot the bear. In those 229 incidents, 175 bears were killed, but Smith says the people didn’t fare so well either. Listen to the full story here .
