Personally I think there is a point where large carnivorous predators need to be removed from populated areas. Anchorage is behind the curve in my opinion. Now for you folks that have never been to Anchorage Gamble is not close to the mountains, it is a major North South highway through Anchorage. This area is loaded with businesses and homes. The Coliseum, large Ice Arena, Car Dealerships, Malls, Hotels, Restaurants, everything you would find in the middle of any modern big city. Gamble turns into the Seward Highway and leaves town going south. For 15 years this Grizzly has spent it's summers in the middle of town. Would you like to have a few of these in your local parks? Got this from the Anchorage Daily News. They have had a rash of maulings this summer down there, No wonder.
Grizzly hit by SUV on Gambell, shot by police
By MARY PEMBERTON
The Associated Press
Published: August 23rd, 2008 02:40 AM
Last Modified: August 23rd, 2008 06:45 AM
One moment Howard Hawkins Jr. was driving to get an early morning cup of coffee and the next he hit a large grizzly bear running at a full gallop across one of Anchorage�s busiest streets. It is just unreal,� Hawkins said Friday, less than 12 hours after his 2002 Land Rover struck the bear. It just happened so fast. I didn't have time to react. I wasn't even able to hit my brakes or anything. What stopped the forward motion of the car is that I ran into a big bear.�
Hawkins, 57, plowed into the bear shortly before 4 a.m. in what is the latest in a summer of close encounters between human and bears in Alaska,s largest city.
The male bear came out of the woods from one of Anchorage's many greenbelts. It was struck on the Seward Highway near Cal Worthington Ford. The collision pushed in the front end of Hawkins' Land Rover. The vehicle's air bags deployed, but Hawkins was uninjured.
The poor animal just came from nowhere, he said.
He called 911 and got out of his car to await police. The bear, now angry and in a lot of pain with a broken leg, was behind the Land Rover stumbling around, roaring and growling.
Officers arrived within minutes and advised Hawkins to get back in his vehicle; he did.
At one point, the bear charged the officers, police spokesman Paul Honeman said.
The grizzly made its way off the road and back into the woods, where officers found it and killed it.
The bear was No. 211, a 15-year-old grizzly that was part of a state Fish and Game research study to determine how many bears there are in Anchorage.
The bear was trapped in 2006 and fitted with a GPS collar that showed it stayed mostly in one of two areas, including Far North Bicentennial Park where there have been two bear maulings and several encounters this summer.
One of the bears, a sow with two cubs that was believed to be responsible for much of the trouble, was shot and killed Tuesday. DNA showed that bear was not the one responsible for the most serious attack, on a 15-year-old.
The grizzlies come into Anchorage in the summer to feed on salmon and moose, said Sean Farley, a Fish and Game biologist.
He was primarily looking for fish, Farley said.
While the city's black bears get more attention because they get into garbage, the grizzlies largely go unnoticed.
People using the city's extensive trail system could be 50 yards from a grizzly and never know it, Farley said.
So far this summer, 18 black bears and one grizzly have been shot in the municipality in defense of life or property.
That's a higher number than normal, said Jessy Coltrane, an assistant area wildlife biologist. Last year, that total was about 10 black bears and one grizzly, she said.
Here is a link to their web site. Could not get the pictures to cross over.
http://www.adn.com/wildlife/story/502266.html
Direct link and pics added by Tim 
