I’ve heard of two. This one and another lighter colored bear. They are here because of Federal policies. 100,000 fine for shooting them, or whatever – it’s a big number. Federally protected creatures that causes massive damage and no benefit. At least Nevada issued a few bear tags this year (first time in ages).

Same thing with the wolves. They are creeping down from Yellowstone into Northern Nevada. Those definitely carry a $100,000 Federal fine if you kill them. Ranchers up there (Idaho) are having a fit with those imported gray wolves from Canada. Federal agency imported them into Yellowstone. Won’t allow us to kill them, and they are reproducing very fast – with no natural predator anymore (illegal).

I think sometimes what these people in Washington DC forget is that 100’s or 1000’s of years ago, we all lived together, wolves, bears, etc. Except we killed the bears and made sausage patties, and we just killed the wolves (only the starving ate that) – kept a few that behaved to create/domesticate dogs (slightly more dated there). Once that bear hurts or kills someone, probably next spring, attitudes will change – for a little while, but it still carries that fine, unless you are gov’t official.

Example – feral horses. When it gets to be to many of them here, we complain, they round them up, and take them to another valley. Where ever they went, those people complain, and they round them up and take them back here. (Yes they do auction the young’ens.) Archaeological records, although not precise and without bias, show that horses went extinct here 10,000 years ago. If it takes 50 – 100 years to become ”Naturalized”, wouldn’t 10,000 years qualify as – hey buddy – you don’t belong here?

To them, the feds, a mistake is okay if it’s lasted 50 or so years here.

There are fossil records showing humans in America (North/South) that are 250,000-500,000 years old. Any judgement that people make thinking America started in 1500 AD is totally flawed. This place has had hunters (documented) for 10,000 years (Ref: Natural History of White and Inyo Range: Publisher University of California Press, 1991 ISBN 0520068963, 9780520068964). It’s only recently that colonialism and crazy personal intervention has created a breeding ground of predators that hunt those that made the legislation.

That’s what I think