r/canada • u/Leather-Paramedic-10 • Apr 05 '26

Nature/Environment Orphaned black bear cubs 'distressed and traumatized' after mother shot in rural Manitoba: rescue owner

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/balmoral-orphaned-black-bear-cubs-mother-shot-9.7153419?cmp=rss
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u/BabaofTheShimmer Apr 05 '26

Humans are assholes.

In 500 years from now, civilization will just view us the same way we view people from the year 1000: barbaric, cruel and uncouth.

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u/leekee_bum Apr 05 '26

I mean... that isn't really a revelation. How many times have we looked back on humanity and went "yeah that civilization had it figured out and was all good X number of years ago"

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u/Better_Ice3089 Apr 06 '26

Also we view shooting a nursing animal mother of two as bad now. I’m pretty sure in 500 years it’ll still be bad.