Glad I don't live in a rural community then. Sounds like a heartless practice, if such a thing is common in communities like that.

In a wooded mountain region I frequent (not sure if it's "rural" by colloquial terms, though the USPS classifies it that way), most people try to avoid dangerous wildlife. Killing them is a last resort, and represents a failure to respect nature.

I don't get the "useless" bit. Why would you kill a "useless" animal? Just let it be.

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rolph 8 hours ago | parent [-]

we dont just kill anything that moves, but if your in the back country you better have a plan that will let you live, or else you roll up in a ball and hope its quick

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asdff 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Usually there are quite a few "Hey bear"'s before you resort to blowing its brains out.

	▲	rolph 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		making your presence well known ahead of time by being noisy can help, but it doesnt always, and thats when you can have a 3/4 ton animal suddenly bolting at you from thick bush in about 2 seconds, because its decided to lay in ambush to kill or wound you rather than give ground. and really the moose are a lot more likely than bears to go after you. more qualifiers as well such as with calf or cubs, hunting and predation engagement being interrupted ect.