Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted August 4, 2020 Animal rights group offers $5,000 reward for information on who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on a bear Help Asheville Bears (HAB), an organization in North Carolina, has put out a $5,000 reward to find the person or people responsible for putting a "Trump 2020" sticker on the tracking tag of a black bear. Courtesy Shelia Chapman ▲ The Trump 2020 sticker was seen attached to the bear's tracking collar, according to photographs obtained by CNN. Courtesy Shelia Chapman ▲ Black bears will not be voting in the upcoming election, but that's not stopping one bear from unknowingly showing a little support for the incumbent president. Help Asheville Bears (HAB), an organization in North Carolina, has put out a $5,000 reward to find the person or people responsible for putting a "Trump 2020" sticker on the tracking tag of a black bear. "Whoever put these political stickers on these bears is cruel and heartless," HAB wrote in a Facebook post. "HAB and our followers hope to stop and expose you. This is now the second bear this happened to, which can only mean either someone in the study is doing this or it is someone in the public. Either way, a full investigation needs to be done." The bear was spotted and photographed by Asheville resident Sheila Chapman, who told HAB that the bear was spotted relaxing on her front porch last week. Chapman had previously come across a bear last year that had a collar and discovered that they were being tagged as part of a study by the organization The North Carolina Urban/Suburban Bear Study, Chapman told HAB. "I believe this is an abhorrent practicum" Chapman told HAB. "These bears are already suffering enough with the heavy collars and metal ear mutilations. But to put a political sticker on the collar? No words can describe my anger and sadness." Dr. Chris DePerno, who is part of the bear study program, told CNN that the researchers do not condone "anyone approaching a bear for any purpose" and called it "highly unethical to place any sticker on an animal." "Unfortunately, someone has habituated this bear to the point where it has lost its natural wariness of people, allowing this person to place the sticker on the collar," DePerno said. "The person that has helped this bear become food dependent and habituated is putting humans and the safety of the bear at risk." A story in the Asheville Citizen Times reported a resident finding a Trump sticker on a collared bear back in September 2019. It is unclear if it is the same bear or a different bear that Chapman photographed. https://bit.ly/31gJO3a 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted August 4, 2020 The bear did it on his own. Smart bear. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saguaro Report post Posted August 4, 2020 I can’t believe someone would pay $5000 dollars to find out who did it. What crime did they commit? Is putting a sticker on a collar on a bear that’s on your property harassing an animal? Don’t you want to harass a bear that’s comfortable on your property? If it was me, I would turn myself in and take their money. What’s wrong with companies today? Pick a better thing to post a reward. This is purely political. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eddielasvegas Report post Posted August 5, 2020 Not too sure about it being "cruel and heartless" but I do find it hilarious. If any company (besides the one offering the reward) gives this a second of time/effort, this country has officially gone bat crap crazy. Eddie 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Dirt Report post Posted August 5, 2020 I'd pay $5000 to see one of them tree huggers try to remove it! 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted August 5, 2020 34 minutes ago, eddielasvegas said: Not too sure about it being "cruel and heartless" but I do find it hilarious. If any company (besides the one offering the reward) gives this a second of time/effort, this country has officially gone bat crap crazy. Eddie I was wondering how much Trump campaign might send me if we committed to having all game collars with a sticker on them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
360 0r Better Report post Posted August 5, 2020 If you read the article there are a lot of assumptions that they have no way of proving Oh yah that extra weight of the sticker is just to much for the bear to handle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted August 5, 2020 This line kills me............. "I believe this is an abhorrent practicum" Chapman told HAB. "These bears are already suffering enough with the heavy collars and metal ear mutilations. But to put a political sticker on the collar? No words can describe my anger and sadness." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOTAGS Report post Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Non-Typical Solutions said: This line kills me............. "I believe this is an abhorrent practicum" Chapman told HAB. "These bears are already suffering enough with the heavy collars and metal ear mutilations. But to put a political sticker on the collar? No words can describe my anger and sadness." Chapman sounds like whiney bitch snowflake! Give me an hour in the same room and a six pack and that person will be suffering a lot more anger and sadness.... The person should have stuck a Biden sticker on the bears anus as well. New saying...." Does a bear sh*t on Biden?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted August 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, NOTAGS said: Chapman sounds like whiney bitch snowflake! Give me an hour in the same room and a six pack and that person will be suffering a lot more anger and sadness.... The person should have stuck a Biden sticker on the bears anus as well. New saying...." Does a bear sh*t on Biden?" Or. 'Biden, Sniff Here' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted August 5, 2020 LMFAO... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eddielasvegas Report post Posted August 5, 2020 Chapman is the new Baskin. Eddie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoBull350 Report post Posted August 6, 2020 I’ll bet it was bc777 ! Rumor has it he has a bear collared in 4b and has been using it to train dogs ! He is also a trump supporter . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
