Italian runner found dead ripped apart by brown bear on trail.

You should not call people idiots. Your brain made a mistake when you were thinking:

"If it weren't for firearms, your ancestors would never have survived long enough to reproduce so that you can now spew your stupidity."

Modern humans have been on Earth for about 200,000 years. The Homo genus has been on Earth of millions of years. "Firearms" like the matchlock were invented in the 1400s.

Can you figure out your mistake?

I’m the bravest man in the world! After all I drive every day! And we all know how likely we are to die while driving !!

The trails are "almost littered" with bear spray yet you only found "maybe" three cans in a year?

Pics?

Are three that I found litter or not? They are useful, but still litter. There is plenty of junk in the woods that I found three or fewer of in a year that I'd still call litter.

To add support to the idea that having a take/leave box at trailheads might work, people don't steal books from those neighborhood little free libraries. A few used books might be the same dollar amount as a can of bear spray, especially a can at trailhead box would not be worth more than $10.

Here's 13 cans for $90 (less than $7 each) and no buyer after almost 3 weeks. That could be a good start at a trailhead take/leave box.
13 cans of unused bear spray with holsters. All new - sporting goods... (craigslist.org)

I hope you're trolling... For so many reasons. Regardless. Bear spray works better to deter bears. That's a fact.

Define "high. " or shut up because you're talking out your ass. There are so few bear maulings compared to the number of people who run in "bear country". The chances are infinitesimally low.

Jesus Christ this thread is full of idiots.

Mr shotgun especially.

That’ll butter your biscuit AND bread.

That's cause no one reads anymore 🤣.

But I like your idea tbh. Maybe you should start one with your extra cans and see how it goes? Report back to us if ya do. I am saying here people are being too afraid about the bears. But if convenient for me sure id grab the can for my run and then bring it back. Might as well have it just in case.

let the bears pay the bear tax! I pay the Homer tax!

At least in the US, the places where there are hiking trails and grizzly bears, I don’t think people would steal the bear spray. These places are too hard for the unmotivated deviant to encounter.

Additionally, even if some are stolen, it’s gotta be way cheaper then what it costs law enforcement to conduct a search, hunt a bear, deal with recovery, all that.

Finally, a lot of people travel to these places with their own spray, that they would probably contribute to the box before they head back to the city and the spray expires in their garage 2 years later.

It would be funny if confused hikers brought hair spray instead of bear spray. They wouldn't stop the bear, but the rangers would be able to tell which bear attacked them.

They found the bear and are debating whether to cull it. It has new cubs. However, it has attacked people before (non-lethally) and got a stay of execution then. It's probably going to attack first rather than running away whenever it sees people. It's learned how weak we are.

cnn.com

Female bear that killed jogger gets stay of execution in Italy | CNN

Barbie Nadeau,Toyin Owoseje CNN

A female bear that was sentenced to death for the fatal mauling of jogger in Italy has been given a stay of execution until May 11, officials in Trento have said.

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Being new to bears, they probably think they are too cute to kill. I see this a lot with racoons and other such vermin.

If they were overrun by feral pigs I'm sure they'd be slaughtering them as fast as they could.

They caught the bear and are deciding what to do with it. The cubs were released as they are old enough to be self-sufficient. But there are now about 100 bears in that region, which is about 60 too many.

cbsnews.com

Brown bear that killed Italian runner is captured, her 3 cubs freed

Jj4 is the same Alpine brown bear that injured a father and son out walking in the region in 2020.

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