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Juneau man cited for feeding game

Posted: July 12, 2012 - 12:07am

A Juneau man was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for negligently leaving human food in a manner that attracted black bears.

Troopers said in a dispatch that Keith P. Fuller, 60, was cited for the non-criminal minor offense on Sunday.

Troopers said they and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game began receiving calls about problem bears in the Wickersham area of Juneau beginning in late May.

An investigation found evidence that human food had been left out at 1940 Sutherland Drive, causing an attraction of black bears. Fuller was then contacted and warned about the situation.

ADFG received more reports of bear problems in the same neighborhood in early July, the dispatch states. Fuller was again contacted at the Sutherland address, where food scraps, such as fish parts, noodles and frozen shellfish, were found in the yard.

He was fined $310 for feeding game.

Fuller’s phone number is not listed in the phone book, and he could not be reached for comment.

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Do the Right Thing
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Do the Right Thing 07/12/12 - 07:02 am
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but people who bait bears with chickens-

food by anyone's standard (except a vegetarian), is fine no matter how cheap and useless the enclosure or how many times the bear baiting presents a danger to the neighborhood.

Predator baiting is predator baiting. They're just as dangerous whether they've been fed garbage or are given a live food supply.

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madison89 07/12/12 - 07:19 am
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Shoot 'em, & move on!

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Shoot 'em, & move on!

kpawsuh
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kpawsuh 07/12/12 - 07:57 am
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Next up, all the people at

Next up, all the people at McDonalds feeding the ravens and seagulls...

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batpoet 07/12/12 - 09:45 am
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Neanderthal Man

Can always count on you, Madison (pilfered name,) for the philosophies of: If it moves, shoot it; if it grows, chop it down; if it's the Constitution, butcher it.

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akjim 07/12/12 - 10:25 am
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Madison

You do mean shooting the folks feeding bears, don't you? I'm not sure I would agree to that, but making them move out of Juneau would be fine.

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Banditrider 07/12/12 - 10:30 am
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Careful

Shoot who Mad? The bears or the man? About feeding bears, the last guy who did it out by Lena got the siding tore off his house when he forgot to feed them one day. They then tore off the screen door and started banging on windows.

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