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Marijuana Growers Use Wild Bears to Guard Pot

Posted by samzenpus on from the stuck-in-the-honey-pot dept.

Two Canadian marijuana growers were using at least 14 wild black bears to guard their crops. The pair had lured the bears onto their property with dog food in an attempt to deter thieves. Fortunately for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pot bears turn out to be pretty chill. "They were tame, they just sat around watching... at one point one of the bears climbed onto the hood of a police car, sat there for a bit and then jumped off," said RCMP Sergeant Fred Mansveld.

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  1. Ah, nice. by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, a few guys are just growing pot, smoking and selling all day, they take animals for their protection, the animals are treated well, they are well fed, and neither the animals nor the people are a danger to anyone.

    So, the cops come in, put the guys in jail, burn the crops, and murder the animals. And we are somehow supposed to think that the cops are the good guys?

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    1. Re:Ah, nice. by dbreeze · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I believe the vast majority of law enforcement workers just wish the public would vote in legislators who would create more reasonable laws for them to enforce. Very few want to ruin lives over relatively victim-less crimes.

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    2. Re:Ah, nice. by boxwood · · Score: 3, Insightful

      anytime the legalise pot discussion comes up, the US ambassador to Canada starts making threats of trade sanctions. Since canada does more than 90% of its trade with the US, these sanctions would put us into a recession.

      So yeah, pot is illegal in Canada entirely because of the US. Its like this in most countries.