Bryan Fischer, Director of Issues Analysis at the Christian group called the American Family Association has launched an attack against the bears of Yellowstone Park. He describes the bears as a curse and references the Scriptures as justification for the extermination of the animals.

“God makes it clear in Scripture that deaths of people and livestock at the hands of savage beasts is a sign that the land is under a curse. The tragic thing here is that we are bringing this curse upon ourselves,”

In a blog post titled “A hot dog on two legs – time for open season on Yellowstone grizzlies” Fischer pushes for the extermination of all the Grizzly bears at Yellowstone Park.

He is upset at the number of deaths the bears have been blamed with this year and cites an LA Times as evidence. Fischer doesn’t subscribe to the view that wild animals in the wild will be wild – and humans visiting the bear’s natural habitat aught to keep that in mind.

He notes,

“One human being is worth more than an infinite number of grizzly bears,”

“Another way to put it is that there is no number of live grizzlies worth one dead human being. If it’s a choice between grizzlies and humans, the grizzlies have to go. And it’s time.”

Fischer then goes on to use religion as additional reason why the bears should be exterminated.

“God makes it clear in Scripture that deaths of people and livestock at the hands of savage beasts is a sign that the land is under a curse. The tragic thing here is that we are bringing this curse upon ourselves,”

In Pure Spirit

What do you think? Is Bryan Fischer and the American Family Association right? Should all the Yellowstone bears be culled in order to protect human life? Or should we close Yellowstone to visitors instead?