Girl is killed after being attacked by a bear.

[kitten645]

I feel for the family. What a horrid lose and I hope the mom and son recover quickly.
However I've always felt that if I were killed by a wild animal, I would never want it killed. It's nature and accidents happen. Not the animals fault and unlikely that killing the animal would prevent further attacks. Bears, Mountain Lions etc.
Kitten

[Roxyluvsme13]

YES! You wouldnt know how close that is to me! It's about a 2 hour drive from here..and I felt really sorry for the girl and her family, and stunned that a bear would actually do that.

[Maresche]

I heard on the news that local park rangers think the bear was hungry from hibernation and not acting the way it normally would.

Regardless, I have to say if an animal attacks a human, especially if they kill someone, they should be put down. What is to keep them from doing it again and killing someone else? I know animal attacks are extremely rare, but I would be extremely worried if such an animal was allowed to live after such an event.

[Gerkyhen]

That poor poor girl how frightened she must of felt, i do feel a little for the bear but still that poor girl didn't deserve that.

[kitten645]

No one deserves that. Neither did the animal. JMHO.
Kitten

[Alysser]

The bear was likely to have an illness or something. Bears IMO and expirence just don't attack people for no reason. Bri, I heard about it and I automatically thought of you. Not that it was you, just that maybe the bear would be in your area and I was pretty worried.

[Roxyluvsme13]

The bear was likely to have an illness or something. Bears IMO and expirence just don't attack people for no reason. Bri, I heard about it and I automatically thought of you. Not that it was you, just that maybe the bear would be in your area and I was pretty worried.

Nah, it's 2ish hours away. It was in Great Smoky Mountains National Park I believe.