Albino bear harvested in Pennsylvania


In the top photo, Tom Wisniowski of Acme, left, sits next to a female albino black bear that he shot Monday, on the first day of Pennsylvania bear season. He shot the 47-pound albino bear in Centre County. Also pictured are Richard Marther, center, of Erie and Jeff Gowen of Evansburg, who harvested their own bears Monday.








Quadrillion Jackson · November 20, 2007 11:44 AM
They're flippin' tiny! Who shoots such tiny bears then proudly has their photo taken with them?
amjohnson · November 20, 2007 12:03 PM
Dont bears have to be a certain size to kill them??? These look awful small. I dont hunt, but i fish, and my fish must be bigger than these Bears to keep them!!!!!
jon · November 20, 2007 12:13 PM
Since when did it become legal to shoot puppies? What a frightening hunt that must have been.
Gregg · November 20, 2007 1:31 PM
As a fellow hunter I'm appalled that you and your buddies would even shoot bears of their size. Granted they are legal,but at what point does your common sense that over. The Pa Game Comm. classifys bear as "big game". Now really, do your bears look like "big game"?
Palmer Brown · November 20, 2007 2:21 PM
My Lab weighed more than twice that. Being a hunter I would never shoot a bear that size. Cannot even call it a bear. They're only cubs.
Randyman · November 20, 2007 2:51 PM
I can't believe someone would shoot something so small. i've never shot a bear but would let them walk on by being so small so much for our future bear if people keep thaat up
Ashley · November 20, 2007 4:14 PM
I can't believe these people would be proud of shooting game that size. At that size and age, that bear, no matter how "rare and exotic" it might be is not old or big enough to be shot! Not to mention that its a trophy kill! Those guys need to seriously examine their conscious and why they would kill something that is defenseless and not for a utilitarian purpose - like eating.
Sha · November 20, 2007 11:07 PM
Looks like they killed the cow and her three cubs...real tough guys. PA needs to change their laws..other states strictly regulate size. These guys arent hunters or sportsmen and obviously have no shame. Go back to pulling the wings off flys..boys.
t · November 21, 2007 9:48 AM
While I am certainly not an animal activist, this picture saddens me to my very core. Unless you plan to eat them, you definitely should not have shot them! They're just babies. What big, tough men you are.
JonReid · November 21, 2007 12:09 PM
I love hunting, I would love to take a bear, yeah that's right a BEAR, not a cub. You have to be a cold hearted SOB to kill a cub let alone 3 cubs. We as Pennsylvanians need to do something about this, there needs to be a size requirement on bears!!
JonReid · November 21, 2007 12:12 PM
I would go as far as to say that I would let a mother bear walk if she had little ones with her. The real trophy is still out there!!!
Anonymous · November 21, 2007 12:40 PM
Maybe my monitor is too dark, or the photo is poor, but I didn't see the forth bear right away.
An issue has been mentioned on another site: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/ydrcomments/7515328/?a=48876#83572
Basically another person made a comment saying that this is obviously a sow who was shot first and the 3 cubs were picked off when they refused to leave the side of their mother.
This is NOT hunting. There is no way that all 4 of those bears could have been a separate unrelated incident and hunt in itself. This is absolute crap.
If I was a PGC WCO I'd be looking a little harder at this group.
ge0104 · November 21, 2007 12:45 PM
As a long time PA hunter I was sickened after seeing those three idiots posing with those cubs. What joy and appreciation you'll have in the years to come reflecting on those cubs you removed from the PA woods, yeah right! Hope you're proud, I sure would not be. I've circulated those pictures all around my office with my comments and received nothing but 100% positive comments back that those three are nothing but, well I can't type those words here!
PDL · November 21, 2007 1:20 PM
Why couldn't you 'hunters' allow those CUBS to live until they were mature? I hope the PGC looks into this because I have to believe there is something wrong with this 'harvest'. I like to see a good SPORTING KILL as much as anyone, but this is looks like someone was shooting fish in a barrel.
grizz · November 21, 2007 1:56 PM
i think everyones jelous congatulations hunters. although i would not have killed the albino. not even a large albino. and i have let a albino 9 point buck pass by me in rifle season 1996 2 times (same deer) so quit crying about the black bear cubs they are legal to kill and thats 2 less we have to worry about getting into our trash or hitting with our trucks. congrats on the harvest but next time let the white one go....
disgusted · November 21, 2007 2:45 PM
Go back to watching Sesame Street Grizz. You're obviously not old enough to be able to write in complete sentences, punctuate or spell correctly. Do mom and dad know you're using the computer?
TD · November 21, 2007 8:19 PM
I get squirrels lured in the trap bigger than those "bears".
Typical gun hunters · November 21, 2007 8:24 PM
I am extremely disappointed at the total disregard for life of an animal because some guy with a gun thinks he is a man if he shoots a bear. I am a hunter and I can not believe that these guys would shoot these baby bears. The Pennsylvania game commission needs to put some restrictions on bears and do an investigation into this slaughter, I mean hunt. I own dogs that are double the weight of the cub and looks like there are three cubs and a sow. I as a PA hunter will be writing a letter to the PGC to do an investigation and to move towards better bear management. I am convinced that most gun hunters in this state would still shoot a spike just to say they shot a buck, looks like all that these guys are worried about is bragging at the bar that they are big men and shot bears. Native Americans call white animals Spirit animals and I am sure that today every ones spirit is broken with this news.
Mike · November 22, 2007 12:39 PM
I am 61 and have hunted in PA all of my life. I have never seen anything as disgusting as this and am ashamed of being called a "hunter" along with these butchers. I only hope these "boys" live long enough to regret their horrible actions! It sure provides tons of ammunition to the anti-hunting fokes. Please, PA Game Commission, do something to prevent this from happening again.
pissed off · November 22, 2007 3:45 PM
Harvested?! I hope that stupid MF is "harvested" by a
rabid mountain lion
pss · November 22, 2007 10:23 PM
As sickening as this killing of baby cub bears are I would like to know why people aren't this concerned about human babies that get killed everyday through abortion. That is even more sickening than this. There should be a law against killing animals that are just babies. And the Row v. Wade should be thrown out.
John Rom · November 23, 2007 9:28 AM
These guys are worthless. I'm disgusted with the game commission for even allowing this butchery.
dENNIS bLUE · November 23, 2007 12:44 PM
I've been a hunter from birth, and never; read: N-E-V-E-R even thought about shooting a baby anything, not a groundhog or a deer, or whatever.
From the pictures, you all appear proud for some reason, although I can't fathom what. It can't be your skills, or ethics, or morality of hunting.
Maybe you were just hunting for suitable pocketbooks for little girls.... its what you got, what you shot, and there should be no pride associated with your actions.
You made me sick ! · November 23, 2007 2:48 PM
Who ever told you that you are hunters ? Maybe the same misdirected adult that taught you these hunting ideas, not ethics or morals! Either there is a very misdirected adult (obviously as morally bankrupt as you are) who passed along their twised idea of hunting, or; this is your first time in the woods.
Are you proud ? Are you thrilled ? No low-life, uncaring, unfeeling, non-ethical, morons like you will ever hunt with, or near me and my crew. You wouldn't last 10 minutes in our crew. You'd be found out, ridiculed, and told to get your asses out of real hunters sight... NOW !
Hunting is a rich tradition, passed down with love and care to our younger generations.
Go back to shooting small domestic animals and get the hamsters & other trophies stuffed for your permanent memories and to proudly display... for the other local "kids" you hang with.
You should be too consumed with guilt to ever show these pictures or take credit for what you have done. Of course, assuming reponsability, for your irresponsibility, could well be your very FISRT step to becoming a man.
Killed any puppies lately ? Maybe a neighbors trophy housecat ?
This is an entirely new height of low.
You define everything that anyone ever thought of hunters that was horrible.
You all suck ! ! !
#1 cub killer · November 24, 2007 10:17 AM
sorry cry babies killing bear cubs is legal in pa just think the bear rugs are much cheaper to have done when they are small and the meat tastes much better i never shot a bear cub but i killed many baby DEER yea thats right i killed bambi the meat is so tender and they are much easyer to git out of the woods so on monday when i shoot another baby deer i will take a moment to think about all you cry babies and laugh. By the congatulations to the cub killers keep your heads high and enjoy your success.im sure your bear rugs will look great..
mavis · November 25, 2007 6:58 AM
Yes...it takes a big man to
shoot a 47lb baby bear
doesn't it! I wouldn't
brag if I were you! Big
men shoot baby bears, how
proud we all are! Maybe
you could become abortion
doctors too! Then you
could kill the unborn
legally. You three give
real hunters a bad name.
Joel · November 25, 2007 7:53 AM
I am from Louisiana and live in Pa. now and I was under the impression that Louisiana only had rednecks . BOY , WAS I WRONG !! These guys look like bigshots with thier BIG kill !! What morons !!
runuts · November 25, 2007 8:57 AM
This is crazy! You big game hunters obviously shot the mother and then the cubs. I've heard the cubs won't leave the mother and actually make crying sounds after the mother is dead.How can any hunter be proud of this, which you are to have your pictures displayed. You have added a huge black eye to hunters that actually take pride in only shooting big game.
You are pathetic!
doug IN 7-V · November 25, 2007 9:01 AM
After killing the mother these guys pprobably had little choice but to shoot these cubs. They mostlikely stayed with the mother after she had been shot. The three cubs probably would not have survived as orphaned yearlings any way. What these gentlemen did may not have been ethical but they probably had little choice. The poor judgement they showed in shooting a mother with cubs was their real mistake. These gentlemen appear to all be young and I am sure this experience will effect them in some way. Lets not crucify these guys they did not break the the law and we all have to live with things we have done.
Artie · November 25, 2007 9:32 AM
Sad to see your proud faces beside cubs that are smaller than my dog. What would provoke such a senseless killing - machismo, selfishnes to name a few. I am sorry for what you boys will have to live with.
Ben H. · November 25, 2007 1:22 PM
Grizz, #1 Cub Killer, you two are real mororns. Its because of idiots like you that give animal rights activists ammo. You are not real hunters, especially you #1 Idiot. With hunting must come responsibility, and respect for nature, not just a passion to kill, and increase your ego. I know that the average mature Black Bear in Pa. will only go about 200lbs. but to shoot a bear that weighs only 47lbs. is ridiculous. My hunting camp has shot sows before where the cubs have stuck around or only run up a tree, but no one has ever thought of taking one. At this point in the year they are capable of living on their own, so you are not "doing them a favor" by killing them. You are merely taking a once in a lifetime trophy from another hunter with better ethics. As far as #1 idiot and all the baby deer he has, and intends to kill, i bet youll be the first person complaining Mon. morning that there are no deer left. Just remember thats because of dufusses such as yourself!
wife of hunter · November 25, 2007 4:47 PM
Shame on you! People like you make all hunters look bad!
Elizabeth A Green · November 25, 2007 5:20 PM
Hunting may have its place, but hunting and hunters creep me out. Guess these "bear hunters" are what "real men" are all about?
Greg · November 25, 2007 7:39 PM
Great job, guys. Way to make us all look bad!!
Greg · November 25, 2007 9:06 PM
I can't believe someone, who calls themself a hunter, would be able to shoot a poor little bear cub like that. Hunting is a sport and not just a shooting game. Next time you go hunting try to shoot something that is a challenge or better yet -- don't go hunting anymore.
nuge · November 26, 2007 9:37 AM
i hope that these guys all become bear "sign" someday
Natural Dad · November 26, 2007 10:46 AM
I have taught my son and daughter and many other's sons and daughters, the ways of a hunter and a true sportsman. You guys are neither! It's pathetic that someone along the way never took the time to teach you ethics! So in essence, we as real hunters and sportsmen must take some of the blame here! 47 lb cubs!!! Unbelievable....and you take your pics with them on top of that. If you are 100th as ashamed of yourselves as I am of all of you,(and the other 2 idiots that posted above me....yeah you know who you are) you are just beginning to realize how the true sportsman worldwide feel about you!
Dave Schulte · November 26, 2007 10:53 AM
This just makes me wanna puke! Ya'll ought to be put in jail instead of posing with those little teddy bears you shot. Doesn't PA have size restrictions on bears?? What's next spotted fawn season??
tinman1 · November 26, 2007 11:09 AM
You guys are obviously lost!! May God have mercy on your pitiful souls for being ignorant, and such a careless waste of His resources! You must have missed the ethics class, def missed the morals class, and including the two morons above, have NO CLASS!!
ED · November 26, 2007 11:12 AM
I hope you great hunters feel proud of yourselves. I'm not anti-hunter, but this is very sad.
DS · November 26, 2007 11:50 AM
What an embarrassing group of little sissies. I hunt that area. You better pray I don't see you around there.
DT · November 26, 2007 12:56 PM
Guys like you are why I gave up hunting!
Todd Mundis · November 26, 2007 1:43 PM
You have got to be kidding me! what a disgrace these punks are! I am an avid hunter and never have or plan to kill cubs...CUBS!!!! this has redneck written all over it. makes you wonder what other brilliant moves this gang have made. I have dogs bigger than those bears. the PGC needs to take a closer look at this and change the law! If one of those punks were my son I'd punch him in the nose! there is just no sense in the killing of these cubs...none! these guys are not hunters they are idiots! I can only imagine that alcohol had to be involved. wow!
Bruce Mervine Jr. That's Junior! · November 26, 2007 3:13 PM
You piece of shit scumbags.
Hope your proud.
JWB · November 26, 2007 4:15 PM
I have shot many huge buck including 160 plus b&c bucks the last two years in a row. My goal now is to harvest an adult bear. I have vowed to myself I will not shoot a mother with cubs. The problem with shooting a mother that has cubs is after the mother is shot, the cubs either climb a tree nearby or they huddle with the dead sow. This is a real shame. I sure would not want to be known for killing a sow and all three of her cubs and one was an albino which makes it even more terrible. I will however get my trophy bear one day even if I must let 10 sows with cubs walk by. Looking forward to 2008.
Leatherneck · November 26, 2007 4:31 PM
What a bunch of pussies! You boys give hunters a bad name.
I bet you guys made your father proud.
baxman · November 26, 2007 5:47 PM
Dude I guess the inbreading is still going on strong in PA. Who would even want to say they sired these idiots. What a bunch of pathetic poor-excuses for ment they are. How did these "BOYS" start out hunting? Shooting kittens tied to a tree? Someone take away their licenses until they at least graduate 6th grade. DANG! What morons.
Skippy · November 26, 2007 6:53 PM
Wow, what more can be said that hasn't? I think Bruce and Leatherneck both put it best. No, these are not men. No they are not hunters. And I doubt they feel bad about what they did. They will be justifying it to themselves for years with excuses like, "Hey, it was legal." But, as can be seen by the amount of posts here, we all know these guys for what they truly are: spineless, dimwitted, irresponsible, redneck jackasses. Please, somebody take away their ability to hunt. I doubt that just revoking their licences will do it. They probably have no problem with poaching, either.
Stupid a$$ MFRS · November 27, 2007 3:21 PM
I am a passionate hunter who enjoys every type of hunting including bear. But these three studid a$$ holes do not understand the true meaning of the hunt. They were hunting purely for bragging rights and nothing more. These guys posted the same pic on huntingpa.com The response from bear hunters in pa was so harsh towards these "hunters" that they had to remove the post and have asked the site users not to discuss it any longer.
Woody(A real Hunter) · November 27, 2007 4:33 PM
You guys are a bunch of pansys. You hunters are the reason non hunters think of us hunters as scum which you are. Bottom feeding scum. I hope you are happ with your 15 minutes of fame for shooting a cub albino or not that bear is almost the same weight as my beagle yes beagle. You guys are freakin morons.
Rick · November 27, 2007 8:44 PM
Post these poor examples of sportsmen on the "Hunters Wall of Shame"
Gregg · November 28, 2007 10:17 AM
Grizz & #1 Cub Killer to attack your ignorance would be worthless.....it's obviously been inherited. Grizz is happy that he won't hit the bear with his truck or get into his garbage. Now there folks is the views of a highly educated hunter........NOT! Then we have #1 Cub Killer..now here is a guy that must of had or has some "short comings" in life. You know....the kid that was last in everything he did and always picked on. So now as a "adult" he needs to go around shooting anything and everything to make himself feel good. Your comments about the killing baby deer must really make you feel like a man... You really aren't to bright are you...making comments about shooting baby deer on a public sight..maybe the PGC needs to take a look at it. It's guys like you that make a bad name for educated and honest hunters.
D · November 28, 2007 2:47 PM
I can't add to the list of names these guys have been called; but I'm also outraged, disgusted and saddened. Saddened for the bears and by the fact that these guys just don't get it. They don't get what hunting is about enough to respect the animals, the sport; or those of us who do get it. All they did is put another nail in the coffin of a sport we love and respect, not to mention the right to keep and bear arms. I just hope the outrage expressed in the posts I've read here results in true hunters making sure that our state reps and the PGC gets the message that our sport (and their jobs) depends on some thing being done to stop this kind of crap.
bear killer · November 28, 2007 3:55 PM
I am an avid bear hunter I have harvested 7 bears in PA.I was not disgusted by the shooting of such small bears.I was disgusted to the point of being sick just knowing how these bears were shot.It is impossible for 4 hunters to go hunting and all harvest a bear.I hope somebody admits that when they shot the adult female that the cubs went up a tree. I would probaly say the radios were busy as the hunter called all his friends to come to the tree with the three cubs in them. Is this a great day I say no.The Game Commision should have demanded to see the kill site. Not that it would have been illegal to shoot a cub in a tree but we could have known just how blood thirsty these hunters were. I am sorry to claim myself as a bear hunter we have all been tarnished by the ignorance of these so called hunters. Do not come back to our county and brag about your so called great kill we do not wish to hear it.,
you will think of it when you go to bed · November 28, 2007 6:36 PM
Every night when you lay down to go to sleep and it is reallyu quiet and dark you will remember the day of the massacre. I live to hunt this was not hunting it was a massacre. The cubs were scared as their mother layed dying as you men I mean you losers laughed and emptied your guns on the cubs. I will not see what you saw that day when I close my eyes but you will. You will live with the death bawls of the cubs the blood spilt all over the woods. I am a hunter you are scum.
vince · November 29, 2007 11:50 AM
that little albino sucker would be mounted and resting comfortably in my living room if i had the chance. and hey mavis im not a doctor but if i could help abort little demacrats in any way, let me know id be glad to help out!!!!!!!
Anonymous · November 29, 2007 1:05 PM
Vince.....just another so called hunter that gives the rest of us a bad name. Yes Vince, your school of thinking is way off in fact I'm not sure I'd go as far as calling it thinking. Had it been a 100lb plus bear no problem, but it wasn't. I think bear killer put it best!! All of the educated and honest hunters are looking really bad to the community and your thought process and comments didn't help.
sadsadsad · November 29, 2007 11:54 PM
look at these articles.
makes hunters looks stupid.
I am a novice and am getting turned off already.
sad sad sad
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/20/ap/strange/main3528532.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3528532
real smart guys
J. Kramer · November 30, 2007 9:44 PM
Those of you trying to justify the massacre of this bear family are not simply poor excuses for hunters...you are poor excuses for human beings. Were you trying to shoot a matching set of toilet seat covers? There is so much misery, pain, and suffering in this world, how can you justify killing such a rare and beautiful gift? It is people like you, cub-killers, that are the epitomy of the decline of our society. You may have absolutely no sense of guilt over what you have done now...but just wait. When you are 80 years old, sitting in your rocking chair, I hope you remember how your actions created so much heartbreak and disgust. My daughter cried when she saw your "trophy" photo. I had to try to explain to her why you did what you did. Your actions broke a lot of hearts...and we are a family of hunters. I hope some day, you find a soul. For now, rest easy knowing you selfishly took away from all of us a rare and beautiful gift...not just the albino cub, but an entire family that may have also had the potential to produce more albino cubs in the future. Hang your heads in shame, children.
Vince + Cub killer are scum · December 1, 2007 9:30 AM
By the way...Vince and #1 Cub Killer...your mother's should have aborted YOU. Those bear were far more valuable to society than your arrogant asses are. You sound like a bunch of pot-smoking, welfare sucking, trailer-park trash. Your mamas certainly can't be proud of their little boys. I would love to feed YOUR flesh to my dog. But then, I wouldn't want to make my dog sick! Take a hint, you wastes of skin...drop off the face of the earth. You won't be missed. What goes around, comes around. I hope one day you get your jewels nibbled off by a monsterous albino bear. We would simply applaud the bear, and hand him some ketchup to go with that.
ME · December 1, 2007 7:29 PM
Wait a minute.These guys did nothing illegal.The laws have been on the books for a long time about this.I guarantee this is not the first time this has happened.As long as they did not break any kind of game laws than nothing should be said.The ammo for the anti's is when we as hunters fight between ourselves.Just because you wouldn't do it doesn't mean someone else has to have the same views.As long as it was done legally it is OK with me and it should be with all of you.
Hey, ME! · December 3, 2007 11:49 PM
Just because something is legal, DOES NOT MEAN IT IS MORAL!! Take a look at slavery and segregation. How many years was THAT legal??? Was it "right" simply because it was legal? I don't think so...I don't know how anyone can justify killing babies of any kind. Give them a chance to live for God's sake! Wouldn't you have liked that albino cub...(or maybe one of it's siblings carrying the gene) to survive and possibly pass their unique traits on to the next generation? Now the whole family is wiped out! You please explain the morality in that...but then, you're probably too busy trying to figure out that legality vs. morality concept yet...
WV Sportsman · December 5, 2007 9:44 PM
Jesus ****'n christ...how much time do you people spend looking for albino bear that you're so upset over this? Obviously, everyone who is posting made pilgrimiges to the area where it was shot to pay homage to the fallen bear. And obviously, in doing this, you've also made donations to societies and government agencies that support the research and sustainability of the black bear,namely your local state wildlife management division.
Did everyone here know it even existed to begin with? Guessing not. So, someone shot a bear that nobody knew was there to begin with, but now all of a sudden, you feel robbed. Awwwwww....you poor, poor folks. If only we could have saved it from the harsh wooded environment and put it behind a safe glass wall where you could pay $15 to see it and have your kids feed it food pellets dispensed from a gumball machine...all so the bear wouldn't get shot during BEAR season.
And obviously, from the posts, nobody knew it was there until it was dead, but by some twist of opinion, someone's "figured out" how it was shot. Obviously, they weren't there because they would have rescued the disney fantasy from it's demise, but I'm guessing this whole scenario in fact is NOT what happened because in Pennsylvania they hunt by driving. Bears scatter during drives. It's really not the whole "bambi's mom got shot" disney movie climactic ending scenario.
And for the "hunters" on here saying their part...I do not feel you're really hunters, but rather posing as such just to make some ripples in the water. If you are real hunters, well, in your assumptions, words and support of those who do not understand the way, you are more dangerous than any anti.
ME · December 8, 2007 3:34 PM
You are obviously an anti and if not you sure sound like one.You compare this to slavery and segregation WOW! If you must know albinism is a poor genetic trait.As for my morals well I'm for abortion,the death penalty,slavery sounds good too.By the way you sound really angry I think you may have some issues.Take some prozac and cheer up.
Ed · December 18, 2007 6:15 AM
HA HA HA... I love this. All of you people hating these young people for killing bears. Wishing death upon them. WOW.
Its just a couple of bears. You act like they've done something wrong(perfectly legal) God put those delicious animals on this earth to kill and eat. (And make sweet looking rugs)
I am actually good friends with one of "The Killers", thats the only reason i heard about this message board. And we had some good laughs about some of these posts.... Thanks for the Good Times.
Hate them if you want, those bears are still dead :)
Hey Me · December 29, 2007 5:10 PM
You sad, sad, uneducated person, too dull to interpret simple English. I am not comparing the killing of these bear to slavery, rather comparing the principal of legality versus morality. I shall re-state in more simplistic terms for you...JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS LEGAL DOES NOT MEAN IT IS MORALLY CORRECT. I am not so ignorant that I do not realize albinoism is a genetic weakness. This is a given fact of nature. Does this mean that we as human have a duty to eliminate these "inferior" animals? Nature has been taking care of herself for millenia without our help...why not let nature take her course? As for your stance on slavery, you have just revealed to the thousands who visit this website your complete lack of humanity. Do you think anyone is going to take a d*** thing you say seriously after that comment? I'm finished posting, as it has become clearly evident to me the caliber of people I am dealing with. As for WV Hunter, you are correct...I can't miss what I never saw. Too bad I wasn't given the chance. And please, for all who try to read your future posts, please learn at least SOME functional English.
AlbinoCub · March 10, 2008 3:56 AM
To all those of you who say these kill is fine,I just have one thing to say.I hope that when you realize your mistake, it isn't too late.I have known about albinism for a long time,, and even if its a defect, it doesn;t mean the animal can't live.I've seen tons of grown albino animals in the wild adn its sad this cub won't make it.I am not an anti-hunter, I believe if you hunt to eat it is fine, but jerks who hunt for trophecies need to get a life.
Layla Kajzer · March 11, 2008 8:02 PM
An animal is just like we are, in that they only get one life, too!! They are NOT just a "couple of bears." They were living creatures that were just fine until some under- compensated men came along to overcompensate for what they don't have. Being that we are the more intelligent species, one would think that you would take that knowledge and use it wisely; not for selfish purposes such as showing off what wonderful animals you can murder. Any person that can take a life of any kind, definitely has a few screws loose. Killing things does not make you manly. What it does do, is show that maybe you aren't as intelligent as you should be. If sin had not entered into this world through Adam and Eve, do you know that there would be no killing of animals at all? That came from our loving Creator, not me. Having enlightened you with this information, then you now know that it is the sinful carnal nature that you are giving in to, that makes your desire to take lives so strong. The sinful, carnal nature is a weakness. You MUST BE EXTREMELY WEAK TO KILL AN INNOCENT, LIVING THING. How easy is it for you to murder another human being? One that would surely deserve it, long before any animal EVER would.
John · March 12, 2008 6:34 PM
Layla,
My name is John Knouse, and I am the reporter who was there the day that these gentlemen if you would call them that brought these bears into the check station. I agree with you in some ways, but also disagree on some points. The way you phrased things in your letter was not being very Christ-like or Godly either, but give me a chance to introduce a few ideas to you. There should in fact be, and in some cases hunting is needed to preserve human life. Sometimes outside of the cities where food banks are not common and there is not a soup kitchen around the corner, poor families feed themselves with their harvests. The day I wrote that article was because of occupation not belief, and because the albino bear was such a rare thing, as a reporter I felt it necessary to publicize. Now in the united states burger joints and different fast foods are more available and hunting has taken a dive as far as survival needs, but you need to understand that in some cases like a mentioned above it is truly a survival tactic. I myself have hunted and harvested animals, simply for the purpose of donating to the local food bank that most often has shortages. So please be kind to all, even when they make mistakes, and remember you set an example for others with kind words.
Sincerely, John Knouse
God's Peace
Anonymous · March 19, 2008 1:55 PM
how can you kill one that smalli mean im a hunter to i would think about it but never do it just plain dumb i hope you got a fine or something that is way to small dumb ass
Anonymous · March 19, 2008 1:55 PM
how can you kill one that smalli mean im a hunter to i would think about it but never do it just plain dumb i hope you got a fine or something that is way to small dumb ass
Anonymous · March 21, 2008 2:13 PM
Remember that the next time you accidentally shoot a button buck, a jake turkey a small yearling rabbit, whatever it is that you hunt, it is bound to happen. Different hunters have different morals, but the one thing you do not want to do as someone mentioned above, is to not fight amongst your fellow hunters, because you are then playing into the hands of the anti-hunting groups.
DISGUSTED · March 31, 2008 10:35 PM
Im a NY hunter and do admit sometimes mistakes happen. but killing three cubs??? whatever happened to game managment. Even if they did shoot the mother first and the cubs have a small chance at survival atleast they have a chance. i cant believe this bull. and trying to relate jake turkeys and rabbits to this discussion is totally retarded. mistakes happen. this wasnt a mistake!!!!
none · March 31, 2008 10:37 PM
I actually doubt this is an albino!!!the one picture you can clearly see dark eyes. so its probably a cinnamon phase bear which is more likely because i have some friends from PA that have harvested a few
Anonymous · April 1, 2008 8:57 PM
I was there and saw that bear, and it was indeed an albino, and it's eyes were not pink anymore because of it being dead, but they clearly had lack of pigment in it's eyes and skin. everyone knows everything though, even without being there.
Anonymous · April 1, 2008 9:15 PM
There ya go right there, a NY hunter. That explains it all. I've been hunting in NY and anything there is half assed and retarded. These guys did what they did people now let it alone.
Tyler · April 14, 2008 6:44 PM
You so called hunters who killed these little bears need to be castrated so you don't reproduce more like yourselves..
peved off · May 15, 2008 6:12 PM
i am not that old and have only been hunting a couple of times and it is quite the sport but killing a cub is just not write these crapheads need to get a life and maybe kill something bigger than my dog.
Police from Sweden · May 21, 2008 10:46 AM
Where is your moral? Killing baby bears is wrong, but what gives you the right to kill grown up bears, really? Are you some kind of gods who can decide if an animal can live or not? Did you HAVE TO kill them, did they attack you? If not, you should have no right to kill another animal, you are one to.
It's so sad to see those things happen.
Annoyed Australian · May 22, 2008 8:09 AM
You guys are arseholes, i live in Australia and i wouldn't dream of killing something so soft and innocent. Bears are such lovely animals and do not deserve to be slaughtered by and ugly bunch of fuckers like yourselves, especially when their so young! if you want to do something productive which your free time go and shoot at each other in those woods and hopefully you'll wipe yourselves all out in the process. If only i could teach a couple of bears to shoot at your kids =)
Alicia · June 12, 2008 1:52 PM
"Oh look! A rare albino bear cub! Lets murder it." What a bunch of morons.
Lyndsey · June 13, 2008 8:51 PM
you dont need anymore negitave comments im sure there starting to get what they did is wrong this post spot has been going since last year and ppl from allover the state the country and the world (uk included ^_^) have all said its wrong from what iv read everyones saying someone should do something and considering the mount of ppl who have wrote something on here i think we could probibly get something done there is obviously some law that neds to be thaught about and rewrote because im not against a good SPORTING KILL but this isnt sporting at all, look it up in a dictionary if ur stil not sure but of killing these babies gave you a ''thrill'' then you need help
Lyndsey · June 13, 2008 8:58 PM
im not even against hunting to prevent incodents but you cant say every bear will be bad dont judge to majority because or the minority if we as human beings diddnt leave bins unattended and food everywhere they probibly wouldnt feel a need to come so close to us yes fill your food storage yes kill for the 'better' of mankind but kill only when necissary kill the minority
annoyed from SC · June 30, 2008 3:05 PM
Yall are a bunch of stupid morons to kill an albino bear!
Kirsten · July 17, 2008 4:19 AM
I hope you all die slowly from unsavory, seeping diseases- and then go on to the afterlife for more of the same.