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Great Wooded South: Bears, other predators presence raises ante BRBB banter all good for chuckles, but the reintroduction of Black Bears and their growing presence here - along with coyotes and bobcats- does pose new threats, already a problem for some area farmers, some pet owners, all those who go on nature walks. Comments re photo 39565 With help of Lindsey Wilson VP Vice Mayor finds BJ Bear By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester Kentucky Division of Forestry Certainly one of our strengths in our community is our ability to laugh at ourselves and as I write this little dissertation this morning prior to heading out on safari, I am smiling at our "tongue in cheek" Blue-ribbon Bear Board banter. To continue my contribution to that repartee I must say that I've always been taught and understand that knowledge is power. That being said it is quite obvious that if knowledge empowered us to tie our shoes that sadly a few would not know to bend over. Sadly there is a serious theme to this natural or contrived reintroduction of carnivorous species into our Great Wooded South Ecosystem. Farmers all over are trying to hire trappers and hunters to come into their areas to thin out these populations. They are reporting many calves being slaughtered by coyotes and bobcats. Some have even seen live newborns being dragged alive across fields by coyotes. Some residents are losing their family pets to these predators. Hunters are reporting disruptions in the populations of prey animals and one even reported seeing a bobcat hanging from a deer's neck as the deer staggered across a field. I am not being an alarmist but as black bear populations continue to grow in our area, I can't help but believe that the ante is being raised to new heights and the threat can even considered to affect me, you, and all our friends and neighbors right here in the Great Wooded South. -Billy Joe Fudge This story was posted on 2011-03-20 07:22:02
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