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You can't make up stories like this one about the pregnant woman who was on a trail near her home in Colorado Springs, where she saw a bear and freaked out, reported that the bear was chasing her so she ran up a hill and onto a street, only to get hit by a car. The woman was fine, it sounds like she hit the car more than the car hit her, the driver even stopping to ask if she was okay and then driving off. Strange things happen in Colorado Springs, believe you me.
The saddest part of this whole episode involved the euthanizing of the bear, occurring after the bear was found and tranquilized and removed from the area. The Division of Wildlife reported that the bear had too little fear of humans, and thus had to be killed.
Local residents have since reported their anger over the decision, reporting that they knew they bear as it was harmless and used the trail to get to local feeding grounds. I am saddened by the lack of thought put into other decisions other than euthanization. There are wildlife preserves for animals such as this one less than 100 miles away from the incident, surely an option for a bear that wasn't known for being harmful, and some question if even chased this pregnant woman. It seems that the Colorado Division of Wildlife is again showing themselves far too trigger happy in their decision making, it seems as though the car should have been put down first in this situation, it actually attacked the woman (unless it is confirmed that the woman attacked the car).
In the end, I am thankful that this woman wasn't hurt worse than some bruising in her leg, and that her fetus was unharmed. I am saddened for the bear and for yet another story that would make Ishmael weep, and prove his point again. We allow harmful humans to live and strike again who have offended in much worse ways, and likely will again, but we pull the trigger as soon as we can with other species who we decide have intent to harm, whether substantiated or not.