The news release should be titled "Stupid Humans employ Utterly Imbecilic Behaviour to Guarantee a Bear's Untimely Death."

A fed bear is a dead bear.

Like it or not, the rangers acted correctly. The bear had to be destroyed. A bear never, ever forgets a food source and will pursue it and defend it once habituated.

As for the stupid humans, there's a temptation to smear them in sardine oil and feathers and drop them off ten miles from town. Wouldn't do it, of course, but it's cathartic to contemplate.