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[byron_bear]

  I should update moer often. GPRF was fun and interestingly, the crowds which attend have a majority who have never attended.  This means that I'm constantly meeting new folks who haven't seen me.  This last weekend I got my first time to play with the humans in Tulsa.  It was at the Martin Regional Library and I was surprised at the number of

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Re: Wooleroc

[anonymous]

Yes. It is fortunate that we have managed to keep these ice age animals, besides the buffalo, black bears were also here before the last ice age. There are still only a few thousand buffalo, maybe 10,000 while there are perhaps 450,000 black bears on the continent. Obviously buffalo need conservation but the lands have been fenced, free range is only a vague concept to many people that buffalo will never grow to the numbers seen in history. It was said they were in such number in the 1700's that it could look like the whole land was traveling with a herd covering the horizon.
Bears are a different matter. It's important that we learn to accept bears because they are essential to a healthy eco-system, they promote decay, remove insect infestations, distribute plant varieties and; if not encouraged to get used to people and discouraged where they have learned to be used to people, they can exist and live within 50 feet of our homes without anyone ever noticing.
Education is necessary. We have to educate the people that bears are an important functionary to our environment and will not be a problem to live with. I care for all of the eco-system but if I am to be effective, I must zero in on something very important to our world, in this case it is something very dear to my heart, bears.