British Columbia

That doesn't change the fact that once an animal gets used to finding its food in human areas, that it becomes a danger to humans. Prevention needs to come first, and if that fails, relocation is second...but if that's not possible, or the animal keeps coming back...then what else can you do?

A particularly ridiculous point made in the article was claiming that it's ok to feed bears in need, as long as the food is natural. That is absolute bullshit. All you're doing is making that bear dependent on humans. If it gets food from one house all the time, what do you think it's going to do if those people go on vacation? It's going to try other houses, and possibly get aggressive if it doesn't find what it's looking for.

Conservation workers aren't just trigger happy assholes, looking for any excuse to shoot animals.