Black Bear Essay, Research Paper

Matt Meaney

Period 6

Extra Credit

4/2/00

The presentation given on the black bears on April Second was generally to me at least too appeared almost fake. I didn’t understand how he says they wouldn’t attack you, and it’s just a bluff charge, when just this year a woman in Boonton was attacked as well as her dog by a black bear. I did realize more however upon how much we had imposed our selves on them. If I were a bear I would have attacked back or pushed back as well.

It appeared that many of the people in there took this issue to heart, for example the “salt and murdering” man in the very beginning, though some of the people in there were stricken with ambivalency during his presentation. I see no wrong in hunting a bear, be it may a simple task you don’t have make it one. The man who gave the presentation was refereed to as the Jane Goodwill of the bears, I see where they would have gotten that impression, I though that he was very knowledgeable about the Black Bear.

While I was sitting down the woman in front of me said, “Im so glad to see you young kids hear because you people are who this really will matter to and affect…also you are the ones that can help….” That didn’t really click though until after the entire presentation, honestly I thought that she was some weird environmental lady. The presentation closed out more or less with the bear were here first, they won’t try to conflict with your life but sometimes they will and we’ll have to deal with that responsibly and respectfully and so will I.