+14 California should either have to have at least one wild grizzly bear or take the bear off of its state flag. amirite?

by Reyes04 1 month ago

Sauce?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I hope Wales bioengineers a dragon to legitimize themselves

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Blame the ranchers. I agree with you that they should try to get a stable population of bears again, but the issue is that ranchers have WAY more pull than they should even when they're totally wrong about the impacts of native wildlife on the local ecosystem. Cali should have bears, Nevada should have wolves, etc.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I wonder if the dynamics are different in WA state and Montana where wolves and grizzlies were re-introduced? Grizzlies were reintroduced to the forests near me and get pretty close. I have to admit it scares me a little lol.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Wolves were reintroduced in California, no idea about Nevada.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Cali should have bears, Nevada should have wolves, etc I'm very ok with not having to worry about bears or wolves when I go out for a walk at night.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Brown bears have killed fewer than 100 people in the US since the 1700s, wolves have killed 25 people in the last 20 years in the US, feral hogs have killed 172 people since 2000. There's an average of 43 people killed by dogs in the US annually. There were over seven thousand people killed by cars whilst on foot in the US in 2022. There's a lot of things that're more likely to get you while you're walking at night than bears or wolves.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I mean it was present, and the flag is a symbol of our states history dating back to before we were even a state. What you said plus the whole Wales thing makes this a pretty dumb take...

by Kindly_Attempt 1 month ago

It's a flag flown almost no where, even in the state it represents, why do you care? And no, California should not have grizzlies. I like being able to go on hikes without having to worry about being attacked by a grizzly.

by Anonymous 1 month ago