Reply to: Nasty man tries to gouge out eyes of Polar Bear

[BrilloPad]

BBC News - Horatio Chapple death: Polar bear attack narrative verdict

Failures by an expedition company did not cause the death of a British teenager mauled by a polar bear in Norway, a coroner has said.

A victory for common sense.

[DodgyAgent]

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[BrilloPad]

Inverted snobbery worthy of a racist, sexist bigot

At least I know how to look after my kids. And Im not a leech.

[DodgyAgent]

They don't have anything to protect them from bullets - as the polar bear found out when he got shot for doing what comes naturally. And because a buch of toffs think they can go into its environment and behave like they are in the Bullington Club.

Inverted snobbery worthy of a racist, sexist bigot

[vetran]

Feck it, I'm stressed.

I'm gonna eat someone.

Where's the fava beans & chianti?

Oh.

I know.

I'll pop down the hill to Tesco.

Load for Bear!

[Pogle]

I do sometimes wonder if have psychopathic tendencies as my first thought on reading about this incident was - bastards, they shot a bloody polar bear.
I'm not proud

[BrilloPad]

BBC News - Horatio Chapple death: Polar bear 'probably stressed'

If it had not been stressed all would have been fine.

[Pondlife]

You know who hasn't posted in a while. This chap: View Profile: Svalbaard - Contractor UK Bulletin Board

[xoggoth]

Hmmm. What is he doing with the dead polar bear in that picture?

[SpontaneousOrder]

Having been out hiking and camping on Svalbard myself. The first thing you're taught when you pick up your rifle is to aim at the polar bear's body, not his head, as that has the biggest surface and is easiest to hit

He did. RTFA

[Eirikur]

Having been out hiking and camping on Svalbard myself. The first thing you're taught when you pick up your rifle is to aim at the polar bear's body, not his head, as that has the biggest surface and is easiest to hit

[tractor]

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They don't have anything to protect them from bullets - as the polar bear found out when he got shot for doing what comes naturally. And because a buch of toffs think they can go into its environment and behave like they are in the Bullington Club.

Bullingdon

Bloody oik!

[KentPhilip]

Maybe the bear took exception to the fact that the young man was called Horatio.
What a name. Very popular in Nelson's days.

[EternalOptimist]

Oh, I rather think you do:

ah.
unHygenic Harold

[BrilloPad]

You can't beat a good old S&W Model 29* in those circumstances.

No safety catch & it goes bang very loudly indeed.

It does assume you know wtf you're doing of course.

*full factory loads with hollow points, the 4" version probably adequate.

And then again, on further reflection, maybe a shotgun with slugs would be better.

To kill a toff? Why not just use a polar bear?