Alaska's Fish and Game plans to kill family of black bears- Please Help!

[J_J_]

(In summary:Humans feed bears, humans taunt bears, humans blame bears, humans kill bears)
http://www.adn.com/article/20150416/fish-and-game-plans-kill-family-black-bears-government-hill

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Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials said Thursday that because of public safety concerns, they planned to kill a family of five black bears seen roaming through Government Hill, a densely populated neighborhood near downtown Anchorage.

Saalfeld said he was called to Government Hill on Wednesday afternoon. People had surrounded the bears, some snapping photographs with their cellphones. The bears had all climbed up a tree, he said. The sow began huffing and popping her teeth -- a defensive behavior, said Ken Marsh, Fish and Game information officer.

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“Yesterday I was very, very, very angry with my fellow human beings,” Stephanie Kesler, president of the neighborhood’s community council, said Thursday before the council’s meeting.

At the evening meeting, Saalfeld announced that Fish and Game had decided to euthanize the bears. It could not relocate them, he said. The bears could transfer disease to other populations, he said, and it was too expensive. If they moved the bears within the Anchorage area, they would probably return, he said.

Also, the Government Hill bears have been getting into trash and, he said, “We’re not going to clean up the trash problem.”

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Someone has put up a petition to stop this if anyone wants to sign
https://www.change.org/p/alaska-department-of-fish-and-game-anchorage-division-sam-cotten-commissioner-killing-the-black-bear-family-in-anchorage-is-not-the-answer-relocate?recruiter=166256299&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg

And if you would like to tweet the governor, who is actually really cool....
@akgovbillwalker

Thanks!

[UtahLib]

1. Thanks for the info. Will sign. nt

[uppityperson]

2. once bears become habituated, there is little hope. Fine the people who leave garbage available.

[calimary]

3. Signed.

[yellowcanine]

4. I would not second guess Alaska Fish and Game when it comes to black bears.

They are the professionals here and they are the ones who will get heavily criticized for not doing something if someone gets hurt. Yeah, clean up the trash, etc. but that will come too late for these black bears.

[geek tragedy]

5. a fed bear is a dead bear.

The blame falls on those who don't secure their trash