I'm sorry Mr. Vogel had a run-in with a bear but the animal was most likely provoked. Please, before everyone jumps on that bandwagon... provocation means whatever the BEAR thinks it means. Not what people might think... Perhaps the animal was frightened, or found Mr. Vogel to be in the bears "personal space". Alaska's wildlife draws many visitors,(both hunters and nonhunters to the state and we must remember... they live here too!

Me too!

Here is a possible solution. Lower the cost of out of state hunting permits. Apparently Alaskan residents are not interested in taking care of the bear and moose problem. Let (qualified) out of state residents come in and hunt for these animals with a lower cost permit. This would allow people who do not have thousands of dollars to spend on a hunt, the oppurtunity to take a trophy at a price they can afford, and at the same time take care of the bear and moose problem.

YIKES.....Do ya all wonder WHY bear and deer populations explode?, curios how they survived for thousands of years BEFORE Europeans arrived. If people dont like bears, dont move to the the country or for that matter Alaska. PETA ( I dont liek PETA either )has nothing to do with it, it is STUPID people, if NATE is trully talking about the FOOD CHAIN, then my vote goes to the bears, if you care to keep the playing field FAIR. I say the gene pool needs some cleansing so let the bears chomp a few kooks.....Spend your time worrying about the problems that kill thousands of people as opposed to just a few "Headline" bear attacks....Let bear, deer and all the other wild animals fend for themselves, get some humans OUT of wild places and you will see BETTER hunting and actual WILD animals as opposed to slightly domesticated ones.

BIG, WILD, IDIOTS!while I agree some serious smack needs to be laid down on the bears in los anchorage, most of the people attacked in and around anchorage this summer were big, wild, idiots! try as it might, anchorage isnt just another crappy big city, its sooo much less! besides the usual cast of characters: murderers, wanna-be gangstas, hookers, the inebriated indigenous, crack dealers, etc, anchorage offers you the chance to be EATEN or STOMPED! that .44 isnt good for just street thugs anymore...the real alaska starts at the anchorage city limits...

If other means of control (relocation) and educating of the human population are not proving effective then other means are necessary. Harvesting the moose and bear to get the population better under control is a good idea if it limits the number of attacks.