From: TWBUESING@aol.com
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 07:36:16 CST
I don't want to sidetrack this discussion or the list, but it may be more
than just the bears. In a recent conversation with a scouter who is an
attorney, he mentioned he had just returned from a business meeting where he
spoke with a lawyer who was representing a scout who was injured in a
Philmont bear attack. We didn't get into specific detail and I realize this
is third-hand hearsay and perhaps just rumor. Nonetheless, while I have no
doubt Philmont wants to maximize safety for safety's sake, and would be
undertaking a careful review of procedures regardless, a lawsuit or two have
a way of heightening people's attention to every aspect of the issue to an
even greater degree.
Tom Buesing
In a message dated 12/4/01 12:03:34 AM, philmont-request@troop47.com writes:
<<
No, it's not the discussion that moved things into the bag, it's the bears.
The increased bear attacks and contacts at Philmont and elsewhere in New
Mexico and Colorado is due to the drought over the past 2 years. Philmont's
reaction to this real problem is to carefully examine everything that has
been linked with attracting bears and remove them from where the people are
sleeping.
>>
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