Speaking of parks
Remember the idiot who chased a bear with a camera causing the bear to act like a bear and bite? Then the bear was put down for aggression? Yeah, that idiot? He faces a petty charge of “disturbing an animal”. On one hand, good. That guy’s and idiot and should be reminded of it often. On the other, “disturbing an animal” is really a crime?
June 25th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Irritating and encouraging aggressive behavior in predators in the wild is a hazard to others. So, yes. Good.
June 25th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Federal regulations for National Parks. You can’t hunt, harass, chase, disturb an animal without a permit.
Sounds kinda silly, but most state game laws have the same verbage. You can’t intentionally bother game animals without a proper license, and if you end up killing one like this guy did the State of Tennessee would probably charge you, too.
June 25th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Now if you were a future employer and saw a charge of “disturbing an animal” what conclusion would you jump to? đŸ˜‰
*Beastiality!
June 25th, 2010 at 11:49 am
It makes sense in a protected environment like a park. Too many people getting too close to wild animals over extended periods actually harms them through stress reactions. It interferes with mating, foraging, sleep patterns, etc. Harassing wildlife in its natural environment is an aggressive act.
June 25th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Well, they can’t make a law saying “don’t be stupid”, so….
June 25th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Dude, didn’t you get the memo?
June 25th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Everything is a law now
June 25th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is just that, a National Park. Those things have rules, and those rules are there to protect the people who visit said parks. These rules also protect the flora/fauna that you see when you visit. That way, if you treat the park with the respect it asks for, you might get to return, and see this stuff again. If you chase a bear(i.e. fauna, as in wild animal), with anything, said fauna might get tired of being chased. What will it do? Your guess is as good as mine. It’s guess will probably be better.
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Jerry
June 26th, 2010 at 9:10 am
ACS, twoo. But, I’m a kind of a half-assed farmer here(the old word for that was “rump,” but you won’t get me to bite on “rump farmer”), and you know, too many wild animals getting too close to me has been known to interfere with my own mating, foraging and sleep patterns. So, on my own little national park, I’ve been known to go right after ’em. Not with a camera though: that would be just mean.
June 27th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Well, they better stakeout my place, because i have an animal killing spree all planned. Not hunting, not sport, killing. I have reasons that are sufficient to me.