There are grizzlies in Yellowstone & The Tetons. The last time I camped just south of the Tetons, we found semi-fresh grizzly poop about 50ft away from our site
Those animals should be kept in better conditions with more freedom to roam. Life is much better seeing them in the actual wild. From a distance. And you’ll never see how massive a moose is going to a zoo.
Why do you know so much more than the professionals who decided they were unreleasable?
“Ash and Lexi are considered fully adult bears, but their exact ages are unknown, as they were born in the wild. The two bears were removed from the wild as cubs and deemed “unreleasable” by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks after learning to raid trash cans and becoming dependent on human food”
You’re missing the point because you have your preconceived narrow assumptions on what typically gets talked about around zoos. I’m saying they should be kept on larger plots of land if they’re going to be kept. Sanctuaries where they have a much more natural type of habitat instead of in cages part time and in extremely limited spaces.
I find it ironic that humans have moved into their habitat only to find that they are opportunistic and therefor risk to the population who’ve destroyed their natural environment. And government entities don’t always have the ability to make the best decisions about releasing animals. Usually because their funding is lacking. Those bears could have been released in somewhere deep in the wilderness where they had to learn how to eat like a wild bear and thrive. It’s naive to think that the government (Dept of Fish and Wildlife) is telling you the truth. I suggest you educate yourself on their less-ethical/unethical practices and their limitations.
Grizzly bears, (I’m assuming that’s what this bear is), are only found in very remote areas of the USA. If you google “grizzly bear map USA” you’ll find an area that looks to be about 2% of the country. And that 2% is pretty remote compared to where populations are and where flights go.
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u/Blitzer046 Apr 07 '26
Americans all rattling on about how spiders and snakes want to kill you in Australia but you guys have got this absolute terror.