Actually Benjamin, the incident I referred to happened back before bear spray was widely known or available.

A much better option would be for idiots to learn something about living in bear country, and to keep a clean camp and avoid getting bears habituated to cabins and camps. That would have avoided the whole incident to begin with.

Yes, I think that would be much better.

It's a lose/lose situation when a bear must be killed, no doubt. Humans are the visitors there, the bears are just doing what they're on Earth to do. I'm not one of those guys that thinks an animals life is equal to a human life, but at the same time it's disgraceful when human ignorance and stupidity result in the death of a wild animal.

A clean camp in bear county is vitally important. Herrero documents this rather thoroughly.

"These cabins all have a log book and most visitors choose to leave a note about their stay at the cabin"

entry ... October ... 2012

You know I told Joe not to eat that chili with beans. Last night he went to the outhouse. Never did come back.