Bears as Predators ~

[brotherbear]

My personal reasons for believing in the grizzly's predation on bison including the rare occasional killing of mature animals are as follows. During the time of bear vs bull fights in Old Mexico, it was recorded that the grizzly defeated the bull in most of those bloody spectacles regardless of the fact that the bull ran freely while the bear was tethered. These accounts were not biased as it was the bull that the majority favored. Also, according to early settlers, grizzlies commonly preyed upon the feral range cattle. In fights with feral bulls, the grizzly usually came out on top. Again, the bear was not loved by farmers and ranchers. Also, in ancient Rome, bear vs bull fights were popular and the bear usually killed the bull.
But my greatest reason for believing is the fact that on the American prairie there were roughly 1,000 bison for every grizzly. That is surly a huge amount of wild beef for a bear to ignore. In today's time predation on bison by bears is likely very rare but probably happens.  Reply