Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.

[MechAg94]

Reward offered for information on who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear
https://wlos.com/news/local/reward-offered-for-information-on-who-put-trump-2020-sticker-on-bear

"Help Asheville Bears" (HAB) is offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who can find out who put a 'Trump 2020' sticker on the bear’s collar.

Sheila Chapman tells News 13 the black bear wandered onto her front porch in North Asheville on July 31 when she noticed something colorful on its collar.

I am not bothered by the sticker.  Who is the person who put this big clunky collar on the bear?  That just looks uncomfortable as hell.  What is that part hanging down in the front. 

Also, anyone know why they stick the stuff in their ears?  Is that part of the collar or does it do something else?

[MillCreek]

That looks like a tracking collar.

[MechAg94]

That looks like a tracking collar.

Seems awfully large to me.  Maybe it is just the angle.  I am surprised the animal rights people aren't more upset about that. 


I guess these people can go take the sticker off.  They just can't put the bear the sleep when they do it.

[French G.]

The bear did it, it is tired of asheville hippies. They smell worse than bears and they leave out crappy vegan gluten free garbage. Make Asheville Garbage Great Again!

[RocketMan]

Yep, tracking collar.  You can see similar collars if you search for images of bears with tracking collars.  They are all pretty bulky.

[griz]

Why wouldn't somebody claim they did it just for the 5K reward?  If it's legal to stick a collar on a bear why wouldn't putting a sticker on one be OK too?

[Perd Hapley]

The $5,000 is an award for bravery, right?  

Or is it because the bear is a Democrat? He is black, so chances are...

[RocketMan]

It's Asheville, aka Moscow, NC.  They're pissed it wasn't a Biden 2020 sticker.

[just Warren]

I thought that under the 1st Amendment political ursines were allowed.

[MechAg94]

I thought that under the 1st Amendment political ursines were allowed.

I thought it was the one that talked about bear arms.

[charby]

I heard about this a few days ago, supposedly this young bear is accustomed to people, so someone probably gave it a donut and stuck a trump sticker on the collar. Yes the collars are bulky, has a battery, GPS transponder, etc in it.

This bear apparently is used to getting food from people, when it gets older it will probably be an ahole and take what it wants. More than likely need to be killed for it.

I have wolves on my game camera where I am bear hunting this fall, some of the wolves have tracking collars on them, just as bulky as the bears.

[K Frame]

I posted this on my faceplace page and one of my liberal friends is going politely nuts...

 

The whole concept that putting a sticker on the bear's tracking collar is cruel and inhumane? 

No, darting the bear, sticking a collar on it and then ramming a fricking ear tag through is ear is a lot more along the level of cruel and inhumane.

[TechMan]

I posted this on my faceplace page and one of my liberal friends is going politely nuts...

 

The whole concept that putting a sticker on the bear's tracking collar is cruel and inhumane?  

No, darting the bear, sticking a collar on it and then ramming a fricking ear tag through is ear is a lot more along the level of cruel and inhumane.

I saw that...she is ah how can I say this...short bus window licking special.

[MechAg94]

I posted this on my faceplace page and one of my liberal friends is going politely nuts...

 

The whole concept that putting a sticker on the bear's tracking collar is cruel and inhumane?  

No, darting the bear, sticking a collar on it and then ramming a fricking ear tag through is ear is a lot more along the level of cruel and inhumane.

If the big honking collar wasn't there, there would be no place to put the sticker.  

Inhumane would be sticking a big Trump tag through the bear's ear, but I guess that is only okay if it is for research.  

[MechAg94]

Do any of you know why they would tag both ears as well as put on the collar?

[WLJ]

If the bear had attacked someone it wouldn't have surprised me to see media spin that would have topped anything the Babylon Bee could come up with.

[Pb]

Do any of you know why they would tag both ears as well as put on the collar?

If both ears are tagged, it might make it easier to see the info from a distance.

Also, at least with bird bands, what type of band on what leg tells you info also (like the sex).

[K Frame]

I saw that...she is ah how can I say this...short bus window licking special.

She's actually a VERY smart woman. Retired elder-care attorney. Canadian, which is part of the problem. She and her husband immigrated to the US (California, jesus wept!) to be near the grandkids... Keeps wanting to turn the United States into Canada. Asked her many times why she's here when her vision of bucolic socialist utopia is just a few hours north...

But holy freaking crap...

[K Frame]

Do any of you know why they would tag both ears as well as put on the collar?

The collar is a radio tracking collar. Pretty common.

The ear tags can convey a variety of information. Colors can give quick visual identification, while the tags may have other information (such as blood line, birth information, etc.).

[Pb]

Putting a sticker on a bear collar makes a person a potential Darwin Award nominee, but how is this supposedly harming the bear? 

[Jim147]

Maybe they should go ask the bear about the sticker.

[MechAg94]

Maybe they should go ask the bear about the sticker.

And give it a hug to make it feel better. 

[Jim147]

Biden would sniff that.

[charby]

Biden would sniff that.

 

[Angel Eyes]