This Guy Risked Jail Time To Rescue A Dying Baby Bear He Found On A Hike
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Photographer Corey Hancock was hiking a trail in Oregon when he spotted something that turned out to be a baby bear on the brink of death. Hancock wrote that the bear was “laying there on his back, seeming by all appearances to be dead. His lips were blue. His eyes were open, but unmoving and hazy. The rain was pouring down, drenching his belly. I might have seen a shallow breath.”
“I thought about my own baby boy back home. The bear looked so much like an infant. Was I just going to stand there and watch it die in the rain? No… I needed to do something.”
So he took the bear with him and started running to his car. “The whole time, I was sure a raging mother bear would come for me.”
Once they got to the car, the baby bear stopped breathing. Hancock performed mouth-to-mouth and the animal started breathing again. The rescuer took him to the vet where he is getting stronger everyday, being treated for severe dehydration and starvation.
However, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Hancock could have been fined $6,000 for helping the bear. Or even worse – sent off to a jail for a year. Luckily, there will be no punishment for this kind-hearted man.
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Corey Hancock spotted a dying baby bear while on a hike in Oregon
He risked his life and jail time to save the animal – even performing mouth-to-mouth
The baby bear was taken to a vet clinic where he is getting stronger every day
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Than you for saving the bear.
He's a good-hearted and brave man. I understand the law but I get why this was an important thing to do. For those who don't understand the law...it's to keep humans from interfering in the natural processes of wildlife. - Strong survive, weak die. It's natural selection. There may have been something very wrong with this baby bear and that is why it was separated or abandoned from it's mother. Very sad but that's how much of the animal kingdom functions. Not elephants, however. They have a higher level of sentience.
Or fucking humans hunted his mother and he was left to fend for himself...
I know this will probably get a lot of negative votes, but you need to do some research before making bad comments like this. Almost every state in the U.S. had a law where it is illegal for someone to kill a sow with cubs. Now there are asshats that break the law. However hunters as a community do more for conservation and provide a lot of the funding for conservation such as wildlife troopers to catch those asshats, rehab for injured animals, funding to bring back endangered species, etc. So compared to the average online sjw we actually do something for the health of the ecological environments we hunt in, it is not all take. So think about what you say the next time you say it.
Gen Sgt Bob : She offered it as a possibility of what happened: you equally do not know what happened. READ how she worded it. It is NOT stated as a fact like she pretended to research it. She used the word "Or." Her comment is not a "bad" one, and it's not your place to scold her. Plus, how was she supposed to research this particular incident? You mean research the creed of hunters? That is not what she was talking about. It's IS possible a human shot or otherwise did away with this baby's mother and this baby was left to fend for itself.
Or maybe she was hit by a car. I'll bet you drive one.
Right on 100%!
thats probably closer to the truth
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Yawn, you mean an animal killed another animal? I'm shocked!!!!
Terri, your conclusion is drawn from inaccurate information, or perhaps even assumptions. Bears (like most mammals) won't abandon their young if they are not well or as fit as their siblings. Willful neglect of one child to ensure the survival of one more likely to survive does occur in situations where resources are extremely limited, but keep in mind that humans in poverty do this as well.
This principle is one reason why sex trafficking is so bad. In parts of india when a family is poor, more resources go to feed the males, leading to high female infant mortality rate, which leads to a shortage of brides. Even in my own culture this was practiced, though fortunately my mother only had to give up meat, for some female children it is much worse.
So do we.
But it's legal to hunt bears? Because that helps the natural processes of wildlife? Really curious!
But could also be a hunter who killed his mom. This is also the fate of bear cubs whose mothers were murdered. That man is a hero !!
Have you even seen the movie brother bear?
HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN THE MOVIE BROTHER BEAR
So, doing a good deed by saving a dying baby bear is 'interfering with nature'? According to the World Wildlife Fund, over 50% of the planet's wildlife has disappeared within the last 40 years due to hunting, habitat loss, etc. This being the case, it would appear to me that saving this baby, who would otherwise have definitely died, is an act of preservation of our dwindling wildlife. Bravo to him!
"act of preservation of our dwindling wildlife" Only if they later manage to release the bear back to the wild. Also, millions of baby animals would die "in nature" even if humans didn't have a devastating effect on the environment, so saving one could rightfully be described as "interfering with nature." Having said that, I do agree that he did the right thing. We are constantly interfering with nature anyway, we might as well do something nice while we are at it...
I'm pretty sure that is a black bear and certain regions cannot sustain other species without the nature death or hunting of certain species such as black bears. So well it's humaine it may not be the smartest move for the environment.
Than you for saving the bear.
He's a good-hearted and brave man. I understand the law but I get why this was an important thing to do. For those who don't understand the law...it's to keep humans from interfering in the natural processes of wildlife. - Strong survive, weak die. It's natural selection. There may have been something very wrong with this baby bear and that is why it was separated or abandoned from it's mother. Very sad but that's how much of the animal kingdom functions. Not elephants, however. They have a higher level of sentience.
Or fucking humans hunted his mother and he was left to fend for himself...
I know this will probably get a lot of negative votes, but you need to do some research before making bad comments like this. Almost every state in the U.S. had a law where it is illegal for someone to kill a sow with cubs. Now there are asshats that break the law. However hunters as a community do more for conservation and provide a lot of the funding for conservation such as wildlife troopers to catch those asshats, rehab for injured animals, funding to bring back endangered species, etc. So compared to the average online sjw we actually do something for the health of the ecological environments we hunt in, it is not all take. So think about what you say the next time you say it.
Gen Sgt Bob : She offered it as a possibility of what happened: you equally do not know what happened. READ how she worded it. It is NOT stated as a fact like she pretended to research it. She used the word "Or." Her comment is not a "bad" one, and it's not your place to scold her. Plus, how was she supposed to research this particular incident? You mean research the creed of hunters? That is not what she was talking about. It's IS possible a human shot or otherwise did away with this baby's mother and this baby was left to fend for itself.
Or maybe she was hit by a car. I'll bet you drive one.
Right on 100%!
thats probably closer to the truth
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Yawn, you mean an animal killed another animal? I'm shocked!!!!
Terri, your conclusion is drawn from inaccurate information, or perhaps even assumptions. Bears (like most mammals) won't abandon their young if they are not well or as fit as their siblings. Willful neglect of one child to ensure the survival of one more likely to survive does occur in situations where resources are extremely limited, but keep in mind that humans in poverty do this as well.
This principle is one reason why sex trafficking is so bad. In parts of india when a family is poor, more resources go to feed the males, leading to high female infant mortality rate, which leads to a shortage of brides. Even in my own culture this was practiced, though fortunately my mother only had to give up meat, for some female children it is much worse.
So do we.
But it's legal to hunt bears? Because that helps the natural processes of wildlife? Really curious!
But could also be a hunter who killed his mom. This is also the fate of bear cubs whose mothers were murdered. That man is a hero !!
Have you even seen the movie brother bear?
HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN THE MOVIE BROTHER BEAR
So, doing a good deed by saving a dying baby bear is 'interfering with nature'? According to the World Wildlife Fund, over 50% of the planet's wildlife has disappeared within the last 40 years due to hunting, habitat loss, etc. This being the case, it would appear to me that saving this baby, who would otherwise have definitely died, is an act of preservation of our dwindling wildlife. Bravo to him!
"act of preservation of our dwindling wildlife" Only if they later manage to release the bear back to the wild. Also, millions of baby animals would die "in nature" even if humans didn't have a devastating effect on the environment, so saving one could rightfully be described as "interfering with nature." Having said that, I do agree that he did the right thing. We are constantly interfering with nature anyway, we might as well do something nice while we are at it...
I'm pretty sure that is a black bear and certain regions cannot sustain other species without the nature death or hunting of certain species such as black bears. So well it's humaine it may not be the smartest move for the environment.