If this happened anyplace other than Idaho, this chick would be in jail right now for violating Yogi’s civil rights.
Becky Henslee said her 3-year-old daughter Brooklyn and twin 2-year-old sons Cleo and Charles were playing in the backyard of their home on the Canadian border early last week when Brooklyn alerted their aunt by shouting “Bear! Bear!”
Henslee said her sister looked up and saw the bear running out of the woods toward the backyard. She grabbed the three children from the yard and ran inside the house, shutting the door.
After taking the children into a bedroom, the woman loaded a 7mm hunting rifle and returned to the back door, where the bear had pawed the screen door and broken the door frame.
When the bear looked away from the door, Henslee said her sister opened the door slightly and shot twice, killing the bear instantly.
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In April, a 6-year-old Ohio girl was killed and her mother and younger half brother seriously injured when a black bear attacked the family at a swimming hole in the Cherokee National Forest in southeast Tennessee.
Meanwhile, some politician is on Larry King speculating about the effect video games had on this woman’s violent tendencies.
And Boo-Boo Bear is suing for loss of consortium.
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Bangin’ a couple pots together might have been just as effective. I’m sure the bear was more interested in her garbage than her kids. Despite the second story, bears seldom attack humans unless they feel their cubs or themselves are threatened. Now if that particular bear had shown a chronic interest in feeding from human settlements it would have to be put down or tranquilized & relocated. If you’re going to live near bears, you should know something about their behavior and learn to live with them.
That said, being a parent, I can hardly fault a mom with small children for shooting the bear once it started pawing at the back door.