A few days ago I wrote about a polar bear that was shot in Noorvik, far out of the usual polar bear hangout zone. A couple days after that I received an email that had pictures of the bear and I thought I would post 'em up....


(photo credit B.Zibell)
This picture gave me the heebie jeebies. It's just not right to be seeing that beastie sniffing around in the TREES. I really have no desire to see a real live polar bear. If I want to see one I'll go to the zoo.


Here is the beastie after he had been dealt with. This whole thing cause quite the stir in the comments section of the article in the Anchorage Daily News. Scroll on down and check out the comments, they are full of the usual vitriol that is common for that forum. Isn't America a great place....even the crackers and the tweakers are allowed to have their say.

Polar Bears

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
Polar bear's village visit ends in its death
NOORVIK: Residents are warned that two others have been seen.

By JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin@adn.com | jhalpin@adn.com

Published: January 5th, 2008 12:12 AM
Last Modified: January 5th, 2008 04:52 AM

A polar bear that wandered uncommonly far inland to the Northwest Alaska village of Noorvik and tore through some trash has been shot and killed because of safety concerns, according to village officials.

At least two other bears have been spotted near the village, 45 miles east of Kotzebue and miles from the nearest ocean ice pack, prompting officials to warn residents of their presence and urge caution. (you can read the rest of the article here)!

A friend of mine told me about this a few days ago. She said her grandma in Noorvik said someone had shot a polor bear. I didn't believe it. I told her that maybe those fellas in Noorvik had been drinking to much left over egg nogg. I guess she was right.

I've seen a lot of animals around here....some big scary ones. Polar bears, in my opinion, are the Mac Daddy of the big scaries. Relatively speaking, Noorvik is prettty close to Kotzebue....close enough to make me look over my shoulder.

Oh look...it's Knut the cute cuddly baby polar bear. Isn't he Charming? Uh-huh.


Then they turn into a thousand pounds of fur, claws and teeth that like to eat.....lots. They think nothing of killing a seal just to eat the blubber off and leave the carcass for the foxes. Last time I looked in the mirror I was none too skinny, so blubber eating bears hanging out in the neighborhood make me reeeaaaaaal uneasy.