tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post3988056300416106956..comments2024-03-29T06:59:59.313-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Oregon hiker who rescued baby bear angers state authorities, who refer him to the Oregon State Police for prosecution.c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-12632269425004394672017-04-02T11:59:00.238-07:002017-04-02T11:59:00.238-07:00Some time ago a girl in CA was prosecuted for pick...Some time ago a girl in CA was prosecuted for picking up a sick bird to take it to a vet; she or her mother mentioned it in a checkout line at a supermarket, and someone overheard the conversation & reported it to the police, IIRC. So helping sick wildlife is a crime now; don't even mention the trouble you can get into by picking up a feather!<br /><br />Seems to me we have an overabundance of government. I doubt that Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone would have been bothered with this sort of idiocy, and I'd like to see our society moving back in that direction!Eskymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947922645001422523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-18158968848773140632017-04-01T19:49:47.867-07:002017-04-01T19:49:47.867-07:00Is the Turtle Island Center in Salem a state insti...Is the Turtle Island Center in Salem a state institution, if you know. Why is the state obligated to do anything at all is such situations? Just tell the guy that he found it, he deals with finding it a home, and in Oregon I would guess there are plenty of places where that could happen.c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-85472467261173474252017-04-01T16:31:45.352-07:002017-04-01T16:31:45.352-07:00I'm sure that there are zoos that would take t...I'm sure that there are zoos that would take the cub, saving the government thousands of dollars in precious resources.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-71752878626083267442017-04-01T16:22:58.127-07:002017-04-01T16:22:58.127-07:00That's all a cute little story, but I know thi...That's all a cute little story, but I know this situation quite closely. It's all been trivialized and sugar coated to lay some sort of blame on the gubm'nt. The fact of the matter is, that there is a law about this, the guy tried to do right, and was NOT cited for his actions, and in this case there is a potentially good end to this story.<br />Being the nasty mean biologist I've been for the last ~40 years, I would suggest, If this guy hadn't had done what he did, nature would have taken its course, as it does, and the story would be over. As it is, the state is obligated to deal with the situation. I don't know how they budget for situations like this.<br />So, the guy tried to help, but it was not legal, and he was exonerated for his supposed concern. The state now has to spend many thousands of dollars on a one bear cub.<br />The black bear population in Oregon is not threatened, nor endangered. The bunny huggers need to pull their heads out of their collective rabbit hole.<br />This is a different version of FAKE NEWS! This is what the media does. Welcome to the propaganda machine. Queue "Welcome to The Machine" Pink Floyd.<br />Nuff said, back to the Cutty.<br /><br />Sarthurk<br /><br />Sarthurknoreply@blogger.com