JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for July 24, 2023

“Officers, I was there when I heard them say they were going to file a false claim about seeing some sort of wild animal. They said you folks would be too dumb to realize it.”

Now you, young man, have to save him!

Cubby will be relocated, not euthanized.

There was a 1930s cartoon character called Cubby Bear. The character was known for its total lack of character and lack of resemblance to a bear (it was basically a hairy Micky Mouse). I like the cute in-joke here.

Cubby isn’t such a cubby anymore.

Cubby better make like a tree, and leaf..

So “no good deed goes unpunished” applies to bears as well?

They’re in the wilderness! That’s like calling the cops on someone in their own house.

And just who is the animal rights activist in this strip?

It’s jailbreak time.Sunny will get the sledge=hammer.Jojo the hacksaw blades.

This would be best for cubby. He isn’t safe as long as he’s comfortable around humans.

Our local police put out the word for people to stop calling 911 when they saw a bear. Bears don’t get relocated just for showing up near people. They also don’t get relocated just for going through your trash. An actual attack is what it takes.

And those are vanishingly rare. The odds of being attacked by a bear are one in 2.1 million. For comparison, your chances of dying in a car crash are about one in 103. And you’re much more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a bear.`

Unfortunately,a fatal bear attack was just in the news…Yellowstone Park volunteer