Thursday, April 26, 2007
"Mingling with bears and flirting with death "
Here's an interesting story. You'll have to decide whether this guy is doing good or doing harm...
Craig Medred reports in the Seattle Times:
"Fish and Wildlife Bureau Sgt. Tory Oleck of the Alaska State Troopers detachment in Palmer said he last visited Vandergaw's homestead in the summer of 2005 after receiving a complaint from a woman whose 10-year-old son had been taken by his father to see Vandergaw's bears.
Oleck investigated bringing charges of reckless endangerment against Vandergaw for allowing a child to be near the bears but decided it would be difficult to support the charge. All the Bear Farm visitors Oleck interviewed denied they had felt threatened or in danger.
Oleck himself felt differently.
'It was not comfortable,' he said. During one visit, 'there had to be 13 bears in the yard. Some of them came right up to me and put their feet on me. We had to chase them away. They were all lying around like they owned the place.'"
