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This is a normal post Why was it taken out of its natural habitat to a vet?
What was the medical emergency?

Why is there pizzicato light entertainment music playing?
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 15:31, Reply)
This is a normal post
Psychotic bear gets euthanized doesn't have the 'In Other News' feel good factor
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 15:53, Reply)
This is a normal post The 'mad' in mad honey comes from a toxin which can be fatal
more here
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 16:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Being a rescued whale is fatal.

(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 18:38, Reply)
This is a normal post "Fatalities are rare but not unknown."
Nothing about this intervention makes sense to me. Who or what was this bear being rescued from?

Even if this bear was going to die from getting shitfaced on mad honey, that would seem like a natural sequence of events to me. Why should its habitat be denied the resources that dead bears naturally provide?

Just let bears get as shitfaced as they want. We don't need to get involved.
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 19:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Think of the cubs.
I think it was underage.
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 19:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah it was a cub itself, so unlikely to be a parent.
Even if it was, why should humans intervene? The plant grows naturally, the bees grow naturally, the bear grows naturally. Everything was going fine until some humans decided there was a problem because... Reasons?
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 20:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Calm down, the bear is going to be released into the wild
That honey is the product of human activity so it's not exactly a case of letting nature run its course. This is not unlike orphan elephants in Africa now being rescued due to drought. These days wildlife rarely exists in a pristine environment unaffected by human activities and sometimes it needs a helping hand
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 20:54, Reply)
This is a normal post That honey is the product of millions of years of co-evolution between plants and bees,
and seemed to be doing its job perfectly well without human intervention.

Do you happen to know which national park it was, and if it has a human-managed apiary? I've looked and cannot find.
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 21:44, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bear-passes-out-from-mad-honey-176036

"Upon the notification of the beekeepers producing mad honey in the forest in Yığılca’s Karakaş village, who realized that there was an unconscious bear next to their hives and that the hives were broken into pieces, the teams from the Regional Directorate of Forestry came to the region."

And here's the bear being released to ukulele music twitter.com/VahitKirisci/status/1558170522676088835?s=20&t=7niUUoFVy6gIcOedLd9Osg
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 22:52, Reply)
This is a normal post ukulele music?
Needless cruelty
(, Sat 13 Aug 2022, 7:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Just to make sure the bear avoids any contact with humans in the future even when starved

(, Sat 13 Aug 2022, 8:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh well fair enough if it had stumbled upon an apiary.
Bit silly to have one in a national park, innit.
(, Sat 13 Aug 2022, 13:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Are you kidding?
Have you seen how much tasty, tasty meat there is on that fucker
(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 19:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Not to mention his natural habitat is the bed of a pickup truck.

(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 21:50, Reply)
This is a normal post It certainly is when you're THAT high.

(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 22:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Give that bear a beer!

(, Fri 12 Aug 2022, 22:39, Reply)