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In the small central Japanese mountain town of Nyukawa, a black bear attacked people at a bus parking lot.  Bear attacks are said to be "very rare" in this area.  The 4-foot bear injured 9 people (4 seriously) and then entered a lodge, where it was killed by a hunter in the souvenir shop.  The area is visited frequently by tourists for its scenic mountain views.

the article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32934268/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

What do you think about this story?  Should the bear have been shot and killed, or should the tourists have called and waited for animal control to come and tranquilize the bear?

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I think it was appropriate for the bear to be killed because the people were in immediate danger.

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I think that was appropriated to kill the bear, i mean he did injury 9 people, Plus when he entered in the lodge and he was walking around he could of actually killed people! So i think it was the right move :) not that killing is good but but in this situation it was the right thing :)

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i think killing the bear might have not been the best thing maybe tranquilizing it would have been better and then putting it down not just shooting it on the spot

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I'd have to agree with the person below me. The lives of the people are of first priority and the fact that the bear took the risk of attacking them makes him susceptible to any necessary effort for the humans to defend themselves....even if that means killing the bear. And to top that off they now have a large supply of free bear meat ; )

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I think if they had called animal control, it would've taken longer and the bear could have hurt more people. I think shooting it on the spot was a good idea.

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Is that a serious question?! Of course the bear should have been killed! Human life > animal life any day...

Because we are the ones that have the thumbs... We are the ones that made the bomb... And We are the ones that will cause every other species to go extinct with our global warming.

-- Edited by AmericaFyeah on Tuesday 22nd of September 2009 06:00:32 PM

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it is sad that they had to kill the bear. but if a bear were coming after me and was trying to attack me ii would do whatever it takes to save my own life.

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If they had waited to call animal patrol, they would have wasted time and the bear could have injured more people. Sure, to kill a bear is a tragic thing, but compared to 9 people becoming injured? Killing it was a good idea.

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Yes, I think killing the bear was the best thing to do at the time because the bear had already injured 9 people and if the hunter didn't shoot the black bear someone else would have got hurt.

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I think it's inappropriate to kill him on the spot because i think the bear was probably dared by his bear buddies.

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What did the hunter use a samurai sword in the souvenir shop??????

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No matter how rare a bear is in this particular area, shooting it was the right thing to do. There were MULTIPLE human lives in danger in this situation which is much more important than the life of one single bear.

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I believe that it was sad but necessary to shoot the bear. Since human lives were in immediate danger, I think killing the bear was the only way to ensure safety for the people involved.

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Killing the bear was the neccessary thing to do. Human lives were at risk and bear had injuried many people. Its a sad story because the bear was probably just confused.

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Killing the bear probably was the best option. I think that the more people could have been injured if the hunter would not have had a gun.

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I agree with the Kommandant of the Panzer Division. Good thing he had a gun.

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