Thursday, September 11, 2008

Zap! Marauding grizzlies in for nasty shock As owner of Shoal Creek Outfitters, Scott Millward is used to grizzly bear intrusions. The Pilgrim Creek hunting camp is just a stone’s throw north of the Grand Teton National Park territory where bear No. 399 raised her famous brood. Millward’s hunting guides say the creek itself acts as a natural funnel, channeling grizzly bears back and forth from the wilderness to the park. To fend off these roving omnivores, the guides lock human food and feed in 55-gallon steel drums with special locks, clean dinner dishes with bleach, and burn their trash. Despite these precautions, the bear raids continue. Soon Millward will have a little surprise for this ursine usurper: a flimsy, white mesh fence that encircles the campsite and is attached to a small solar panel. When the snout of an inquisitive bear pokes through the mesh, completing the circuit, he’ll get 7,000 volts across his nerve endings....

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