Don’t be too much of a bleeding heart. These people intruded on the bear’s territory as we all do in the wilderness. The only reason they are suing the state is because they couldn’t find the bear’s liability policy. Besides, intentional acts are not covered anyway (had to throw that in, sorry!).
um..um… if you go camping in the woods, you know the dangers. it does not matter if this was the bear that had attacked a previous human. it could have been a different one. you can’t have uncle sam protect you in every case. if a snake crawled into your tent and you are bitten by this venomous animal, are you going to sue uncle sam? i think you might have to find an animal lawyer, sequester or detain the defendant. read the animal his rights. then we bring that animal to court for a pre-trial hearing and see if the d.a. will ask for bond or jail (animal might flee the court jurisdiction). if i were the defendant, i would request a trial by my peers!! i could see them trying to fill those seats. um..um… maybe a bear, racoon, squirrel, deer, elk, mongoose and a few others might be a good selection for the lawyer to help his case for defense of this lovely animal. create a public affairs announcement with smokey. um…um…
I agree wudchuck – some personal responsibility would be nice – you are camping in the wilderness…I don’t know. I agree with you in wondering if it was in fact the same bear or another bear – hard to tell.
As traject as this is… May be the state of Utah should sue the parants for not putting their child in a bear proof tent, as they should have know there are dangeous animals in the woods. May be the parants should go to jail for child neglect placing a child in harms way. Or maybe it is our judicial system to allow claims like this to even get to the courts.
I really don’t know which way to go on this one. I agree there are many dangers with camping, bears, mountain lions, skunks; however, if the Forest Ranger knew of an attack that just happened, shouldn’t they at least put up a sign in the area or drive by campers and say, “Hey, just so you know, there has been a bear attack today in the area. Tell everyone you happen to see about it.” That way people will be able to make a decision to stay or not. Bears don’t naturally attack humans. Like any animal they try to stay away, however it does happen and when it does, shouldn’t we have the warning? What about when schools lock down because a guy is in a mile radius that committed a crime? Should they not be warned? I would think more so NO to the schools because I can almost guarantee that someone in a mile radius of any school has committed a crime. To me the bear attack is much more rare then a criminal near a school. What’s sad is we’ll kill animals that attack even if they do not have rabbies, but we’ll let humans live forever that committ murders or attack another human, being rape or attempted murder.
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Don’t be too much of a bleeding heart. These people intruded on the bear’s territory as we all do in the wilderness. The only reason they are suing the state is because they couldn’t find the bear’s liability policy. Besides, intentional acts are not covered anyway (had to throw that in, sorry!).
“Besides, intentional acts are not covered anyway (had to throw that in, sorry!).”
LOL.
I was just playing devil’s advocate.
um..um… if you go camping in the woods, you know the dangers. it does not matter if this was the bear that had attacked a previous human. it could have been a different one. you can’t have uncle sam protect you in every case. if a snake crawled into your tent and you are bitten by this venomous animal, are you going to sue uncle sam? i think you might have to find an animal lawyer, sequester or detain the defendant. read the animal his rights. then we bring that animal to court for a pre-trial hearing and see if the d.a. will ask for bond or jail (animal might flee the court jurisdiction). if i were the defendant, i would request a trial by my peers!! i could see them trying to fill those seats. um..um… maybe a bear, racoon, squirrel, deer, elk, mongoose and a few others might be a good selection for the lawyer to help his case for defense of this lovely animal. create a public affairs announcement with smokey. um…um…
am i dreaming?
I agree wudchuck – some personal responsibility would be nice – you are camping in the wilderness…I don’t know. I agree with you in wondering if it was in fact the same bear or another bear – hard to tell.
As traject as this is… May be the state of Utah should sue the parants for not putting their child in a bear proof tent, as they should have know there are dangeous animals in the woods. May be the parants should go to jail for child neglect placing a child in harms way. Or maybe it is our judicial system to allow claims like this to even get to the courts.
I’m getting a bad rap here. I have a COI from the state that shows CG 20 33 and CG 20 37 so they need to cover me.
The Bear
Leave me alone. I was just after the pic-i-nic basket. The kid wouldn’t let go.
I really don’t know which way to go on this one. I agree there are many dangers with camping, bears, mountain lions, skunks; however, if the Forest Ranger knew of an attack that just happened, shouldn’t they at least put up a sign in the area or drive by campers and say, “Hey, just so you know, there has been a bear attack today in the area. Tell everyone you happen to see about it.” That way people will be able to make a decision to stay or not. Bears don’t naturally attack humans. Like any animal they try to stay away, however it does happen and when it does, shouldn’t we have the warning? What about when schools lock down because a guy is in a mile radius that committed a crime? Should they not be warned? I would think more so NO to the schools because I can almost guarantee that someone in a mile radius of any school has committed a crime. To me the bear attack is much more rare then a criminal near a school. What’s sad is we’ll kill animals that attack even if they do not have rabbies, but we’ll let humans live forever that committ murders or attack another human, being rape or attempted murder.
Dude. Gary. Not only did you post your comment three times, but your spelling is atroctius.
That’s A-T-R-O-C-I-O-U-S.
Oh snap! Speaking of spelling, I had a typo.
Correction:
Not only did you post your comment three times, but your spelling is “atrocious.”
Doh! Smacks forhead. TGIF. Is it happy hour yet?