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Alaska man who fed wild bears pleads guilty
"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska authorities say a man featured in a television series about his life among wild bears at his Alaska cabin has pleaded guilty to illegally feeding the bears dog food and cookies.
Assistant state Attorney General Andrew Peterson says 71-year-old Charlie Vandergaw pleaded guilty to eight counts last week. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss another 12 counts in the case.
If terms of the plea agreement are accepted by a judge at Thursday's sentencing, Vandergaw would get 180 days of suspended jail time and a fine of between $20,000 and $72,000.
A documentary broadcast last year on Animal Planet shows Vandergaw scratching the belly of one black bear and feeding a cookie to another at his cabin, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.
Game officials consider feeding bears a danger to humans."
I feed wildlife, though not bears. Living near the coast up in the NW I fed a lot of different animals. I even tamed wild Grey Jays over months to swoop down out of the trees to take bread from my palm. That was the closest thing to falconry that I'll ever do and those things were some of the most exhilerating and satisfying moments of my life.
I imagine this old guy gathered similar precious memories with his bears up in Alaska. This is a small but telling measure of intrusiveness by government scumbags who consider ordering us around more important than performing their primary job, namely doing our bidding. Just like telling us what we can or can't put in our mouths, limiting our ability to experience what we want in our lifetimes is unacceptable and if they persist, it won't be just their jobs that will be eliminated.
"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska authorities say a man featured in a television series about his life among wild bears at his Alaska cabin has pleaded guilty to illegally feeding the bears dog food and cookies.
Assistant state Attorney General Andrew Peterson says 71-year-old Charlie Vandergaw pleaded guilty to eight counts last week. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss another 12 counts in the case.
If terms of the plea agreement are accepted by a judge at Thursday's sentencing, Vandergaw would get 180 days of suspended jail time and a fine of between $20,000 and $72,000.
A documentary broadcast last year on Animal Planet shows Vandergaw scratching the belly of one black bear and feeding a cookie to another at his cabin, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.
Game officials consider feeding bears a danger to humans."
I feed wildlife, though not bears. Living near the coast up in the NW I fed a lot of different animals. I even tamed wild Grey Jays over months to swoop down out of the trees to take bread from my palm. That was the closest thing to falconry that I'll ever do and those things were some of the most exhilerating and satisfying moments of my life.
I imagine this old guy gathered similar precious memories with his bears up in Alaska. This is a small but telling measure of intrusiveness by government scumbags who consider ordering us around more important than performing their primary job, namely doing our bidding. Just like telling us what we can or can't put in our mouths, limiting our ability to experience what we want in our lifetimes is unacceptable and if they persist, it won't be just their jobs that will be eliminated.
posted by nolocontendere at 5:25 AM
2 Comments:
I absolutely loved that documentary and Charlie! At the same time, I was torn because I think Charlie causing bears to not stay away from humans could cause more of them to be killed. However, I can certainly understand his love of them and wanting to be around them.
We had a case in Oregon last year of a woman living a few miles inland from the coast who fed bears on her property. The court ruled she had to leave her home, and not return within 7 miles of the place. I don't recall if she had to sell or what, but anyway, she had to move out and not come back.
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