Friday, November 14, 2014
Bears in Maine
During the election this past week, one of the topics you could vote about was bear baiting. Bear baiting is a way of luring bears with food and an attempt to reduce or even out the bear population. Some people think that bear baiting is a cruel way to reduce the population, but it does help keep bears under control. All of the other states have successfully controlled bears, so maybe Maine doesn’t need bear baiting. If the bear population goes up then, the salmon and the tree squirrel population would decrease because they are prey of the bear. If the bear population decreased then the salmon, tree squirrel and many other populations would increase. This connects to our science class because we have been talking about food webs. The reason people try to control the bear population is because otherwise like we learned in class it will change the whole food web. If you could vote what would you vote on bear baiting? (by Ben A)
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I would vote no. But I think that if they voted no on a majority that they would have to keep a close eye on the population to ensure they woundt have to go back to bear baiting. Unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteIt's really sad how they catch them and mostly how they kill them because they let it die painfully in a usual case
ReplyDeleteAfter reading yours I think that Maine should not use bait to reduce the population. I was not quite sure what the topic was about. You explained it nicely and made a good point that is worthy for posters or even the New York Times. Thanks for explaining it.
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