That is how we operate and have throughout history, like it or lump it. Whether its bears, wolves, lions, tigers Indians, Germans, Kuwaiti's, etc... and whether we are calling it a wildlife refuge, a reservation, or a country, we divide the land how we see fit. In early America, were there not too many Indians and Kuwait too many Iraqi's right?
In our day and age there is a shift to a psychological warfare. From what is being taught in our schools to the propaganda put out by the media, effects how we think. While I agree that if a person has a home or cabin in the woods, it is best not to invite trouble, but if trouble should come, your wife, children, etc... are more important than a bear. (I know the science books and propaganda we get through the media are rock science and haven't changed for thousands of years and the ever changing bible which has probably changed 5-10 times in the past 100 years give us 2 different stories. But I still believe that we have dominion over the animals.)
Bears need territory (property) in which they can sustain themselves off of. If we keep building homes and cabins on their property and then relocating them to the middle of the forest on some other bears property, aren't they going to continue pushing out back onto our property. Doesn't it make sense that we manage that population so that conflict is avoided between people and bears? Or do you thing bears can live together in a high rise apartment out in the middle of the woods?
