if they are over populating an area, you need to maintain a level that isnt a threat....

more bears, more food needed, if there isnt the food they normally eat, they will shift to something else...

its funny how some hunter/fisherman, say things like "we dont need to get rid of more bears", then in the same breath, say "we need to get rid of some of the sea lions" because they are harming fish returns...

you cant have it both ways, either its population control, or not...

as far as us invading their space, we are the apex predators on this planet, its OUR space as well... not just the bears... this is a planet, and we all co exist on it...

this isnt just brown bears either, from what ive been told by locals at Kaites dads house in Campbell River, is that the black bears are more of a threat there than the browns... the black bears have no fear of humans at all... they are the ones that rip the garbage cans apart and go into houses/cabins the most apparently...

as far as wolves, well, PETA and their friends are going to cause a real bad problem soon... they are already on this side of the mountains, and if you know anything about dogs, you know how they breed.....