On 3/12/2010 5:15 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: "P. J. Alling"On 3/12/2010 1:29 PM, David J Brooks wrote:> http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100312/NEWS/303120069/Grandfather-Mountain-closes-Bear-Hut-June-1-people-can-no-longer-feed-bearsWell the State is now in control of GFM did you really expect them to leave the place alone?> > Bring the long tele's now folks. > > Dave>The agreement to donate Grandfather Mountain to the state as a state park reserves to the Grandfather Mountain Foundation (essentially Hugh Morton's family) the right to run the existing commercial attraction.I'm not sure what the foundation may have to report to the state regarding their stewardship, but this isn't a state actionI think many of the changes were already kind of in the works at the time the Morton family made the decision to donate the land to the state.
This just strikes me as something state would do. I get the impression that the bears are captive. If so it hardly hurts to allow the public to feed them under controlled conditions, especially since this population has already been acclimated to it.
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