Environmentalist Liberal Elite of Aspen Told to be “Mean to Bears”

The has been a huge surge in black bear sightings and encounters in and around Aspen, Colorado. Wildlife officials say that in order to deter encounters with these animals, residents should be “mean” to the bears.

From ABCNews here:

Famously dubbed the Rodeo Drive of the Rockies, Aspen, Colo., is home to gourmet restaurants, fine jewelry stores, luxury hotels and, for a few months in the summer, bears.

More Photos”Bears are emblematic of the Aspen community,” said Aspen resident Mark Goodman. “They are wild, beautiful, fabulous creatures that are awesome, yet you keep your distance … the beauty and the fear is what makes it so fascinating.”

Fascinating, but this year, it’s a dangerous problem. Aspen police report a nearly tenfold increase in the number of bear sightings in town. Wildlife experts think that a moist spring caused a berry shortage, forcing hungry bears to wander into town in search of food.

Officials are now concerned that across Colorado too many wild bears have developed a tasted for human food and are getting used to people. They are now actively telling residents to be, literally, mean to the bears. Yell at them, throw rocks and if they charge you, stand up to them.

But being staunch liberals who despise owning guns or mistreating animals, many of the Aspen residents have taken to holding protests, calling the bears “racist,” and are writing HuffingtonPost and DailyKos articles accusing bears of trying to block abortion clinics.