Dogs major players in NDOW bear program
By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal
Carl Lackey doesn’t go anywhere without his Rooster.
That includes trucks, ATVs, helicopters, ski lifts, classrooms and everywhere else Lackey’s job as a bear biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife takes him.
Rooster is Lackey’s 10-year-old Karelian Bear Dog, who – when he isn’t being a slightly oversized lap dog at home – is an integral part of the team when it comes to releasing bears captured in populated areas. Rooster, and his 10-month old daughter, Dazzle, have a job – to harass the bear by chasing it, barking in its face, and making it run away or climb a tree.
Combined with a shotgun firing rubber bullets, the idea is to make the bears not want to return. NDOW has had more success with this procedure than by relocating the bears, many of which return to the capture site within days or weeks if no aversion techniques are used.
They forgot in this article how many bears he killed,and why does he not locate them farther? 100 for listning to his stories,THINK NOT.
People who think Carl wants to kill bears are a sing of how nuts these bear advocates have become.
In the Seventies and Eighties with a much larger year round population and less tourists we had almost no bear issues. We had almost no bear proof cans or BEAR LEAGUE.
If the bear advocates wouldn’t have interfered with historical abatement methods dozens of bears wouldn’t be killed by cars every year.
These bear dogs are the real deal and are used in several states wildlife management programs. They work well. Whoever Linda Olson is she should read and learn, the comment is something bordering on a mental issue of not wanting to grasp reality and see what actually works in a non-lethal program to discourage bears.