For a while I feared that one of my favorite non-fishing blogs had gone the way of all flesh, but Ranger Gord’s back with a story about “killer squirrels” that illustrates what happens when morons feed wild animals.

Ranger Gord squirrelsThe animals always lose, and I want to go on record as advocating for a reversal of that policy.

For example, bears develop a taste for human food because humans apparently can’t be trained to keep food out of reach.

Rather than kill the bears, I say we train the bears to attack any human offering them food, thereby eliminating both the problem and the offending genetics.

Sure, it’s a radical solution to a complex problem, but I’ve had it with wild animals being killed because of someobody’s Disney-fied view of nature.

Ranger Rant

In the same vein comes an end-of-the-season post from a park ranger, who has some interesting insights into the changing role of the Park Ranger.

They’ve gone from being naturalists to cops, and they’re more likely to be responding to a domestic dispute at a campground than caring for the park or its inhabitants.

A pet peeve? The people that can’t get away from it all without bringing it with them. Leave the big-screen TV at home, it’s the outdoors…

[tags]ranger, bears, camping, parks[/tags]

Posted in Environment, Underground Entertainment.