Minn. officers shoot bear with jar stuck on head

Oh, I see....they could shoot to kill the poor thing, but couldn't help it with a tranquilizer gun????? How can a bear with its head in a bottle be of serious concern to anyone? Sounds like animal cruelty to me and someone just wanted a trophy. There needs to be further investigation.

Amazing they could shoot the bear to kill it but couldn't seem to manage to shoot it effectively with a tranquilizer.

what a bunch of stupid ass jerks...the bear had a jar stuck on its head...it wasn't like it was going to eat one of the townspeople...stupid asses

Couldn't agree more lybilly, outrageous overreaction

That is exactly what I was thinking. Tranquilizer duh!!!!!!!!!

Must've been so much easier for them to kill the bear.
Rather than be humane. Seems like a C.Y.A situation to me. Which law enforcement does so often.
These are officers of the law ? The ones who could not hit the bear with a dart ? But more than able to hit it with a bullet . Bet somebody wanted a rug. Poor bear.

I completely agree with you lybilly. That's exactly what I was planning on saying. We have Black Bears all the time come into our towns but we don't shoot them dead because they get near people.

i completely agree with lybilly this story is sad they can tranquilize anything why not this bear something seems fishy about this story.

EXACTLY, worthless officers. There is a special place in HELL for worthless, careless people like this. IDIOTS IDIOTS, I absolutely hate people who get their pleasures from hurting innocent animals. This poor bear needed help not killed.

Ok, the bear in the pic is standing perfectly still and they can't shoot it with a tranquilizer gun???? Brilliant. Obviously the bear couldn't BITE anyone. Maybe they were enjoying the hunt. They should be arrested for animal cruelty!

Sure does! Sounds like the easy way out. Must have been Barney Fife with the tranquilizer gun! How can you not knock out the poor bear, cut the jar off his head and take him way out into the woods. Would be nice to hear an explanation.

my thoughts exactly, if you are close enough to shoot it with a bullet, you are close enough to shoot it with a tranquilizer. Ridiculous that it was killed!!!! Sounds like they just got tired of dealing with it.......too bad they don't treat criminals, gang bangers, etc like that! Public execution-i'm all for it!

I just read this news story and I am horrified!!! That poor bear! The "Wildlife" officials should have been able to tranquilize this poor creature, but evidently they didn't try very hard. With its head stuck in a jar, it really couldn't have done too much damage. I hope they get a karma payback for this!

We all seem to be on the same page here....I swear - the human race will just kill anything it doesn't understand, isn't willing to help and/or make money off of....let's put jars on their head because they absolutely fit the military description of "jarheads"

Total bull. If you're gonna kill it so what but don't lie about it. The bear is partially immoble and sight limited and you can't shoot it with a dart. Only a deaf muted tard would believe that. I can't believe a reporter even printed it.

Absolutely another case of people having a total disregard for wild animals...I think the wild animals are the people. If people had not used a plastic container and left it where the bear could find it, none of this would have happened. I lived with bears for several years. In fact they swam in our swimming pool and ate fruit and avocados from our trees. I really think they would not bother you unless they felt threatened. If people can shoot the bear with bullets, they could have tranquilized it...I am sure the bear was very frightened. Wouldn't you be?

this makes me really sick

So, the officers had the bear in sight to shoot it but no one could get close enough to tranquilize it? The danger of the bear consists of its claws and its JAWS. If the bears head was stuck in a jar, how could it pose enough of a danger to warrant shooting it? Is it normal practice to shoot first and ask questions later? I am appalled that this bears life was cut short by law enforcements inability to examine the situation carefully and safely for ALL parties concerned.

Yea! I pretty much think that they were simply lazy and incompetent and decided to use the city as an excuse..but I mean we can protect cities from bears scared and stuck in a jar but we can't protect animals from stupid people.

This really is bull@!$%#. If you can't catch a bear with a plastic jug on its head in SIX DAYS, you are not doing your job properly. Its no wonder that people get riled up over stuff like this. I'm no expert on tranquilizer guns, but I think the idea is that you shoot the animal and it gets a high dose of sedatives, at which point you remove the jug that is starving and dehydrating it, and relocate it to a remote location. It seems excessive to shoot and kill it. Odds are that it didn't even know it was going towards a city, but was rather trying to get the jug off its head.

Anyways, I have infinite disrespect for the CO who couldn't manage to hit a bear (A BEAR, come on), with a single tranq dart over the course of 6 days. Come on, grow up.

I am appalled! It makes no sense to me that they couldn't hit the bear with a tranquilizer gun. It happens way too often that a poor animal is killed when it wouldn't have had to end that way!

Six days to tranquilize a black bear! Rogue elephants go down in seconds after being tranquilized. Looks like somebody wanted a new bear skin rug...really bad!

I agree Lybilly - they tried for 6 days. Then he wandered into a city did they really think he could have hurt anyone, he had a jar on his head? Come on......

Not enough was done to help this animal in distress. Killing the bear is a shameful and senseless "solution". Reporting that it could not have been tranquilized, but WAS able to be shot and killed, is idiotic.