1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: is Col's Week in Review with Ryan cow Klahan. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 1: cal there's an attack squirrel on the loose in Lucas Valley, California, 4 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: and local residents are going a little nuts. This clumped 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: onto my leg and was just hanging on his tail, 6 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: was flying up here, you know, and I was like, 7 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: get off me, get off me, and I kind of 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: didn't want to touch it. 9 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 2: Came out out of nowhere. 10 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: I didn't see him running up to me at all. 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: That's Joan Heblick, who was scratched and bit by this 12 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: squirrel during her morning walk in what appears to be 13 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: an unprovoked attack. But this rodent reprobate appears to have 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: a pinshon for nice looking elderly women. Because Joan wasn't 15 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: the only one to get jumped. 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: The squirrel went to the floor and from the floor 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: tried to jump to my face, which I tried to 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: protect my face from and then my arm was completely 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: of a come by the squirrel. 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: Isabelle Campoys sustained some pretty nasty looking scratches to her 21 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: right arm before she convinced the squirrel to let her go. 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: Since then, local residents have posted signs around the neighborhood 23 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 1: warning of a quote attack squirrel. This is not a joke, 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: the poster reads, contradicting most media coverage. Thus far more 25 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: than five people have been attacked by a very mean 26 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: squirrel over the past few days. The squirrel comes out 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: of nowhere and will attack. Of course, as regular listeners 28 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: of this podcast have no doubt surmised by this point, 29 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: this squirrel isn't attacking so much as asking for food. 30 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: A wildlife biologists who spoke to ABC seven News said 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: that squirrels aren't vectors for rabies, and so this particular 32 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: limb chicken isn't acting out of diseased mind. Instead, in 33 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: all likelihood, he's been fed by humans his whole life 34 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 1: and just doesn't know how to ask for food nicely. 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: All just like that. I'm sure there's another nice looking 36 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: elderly woman in this neighborhood who takes great joy in 37 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: feeding the local wildlife. But for the sake of her 38 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: fellow residence, I hope these incidents convince her to stop. 39 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: I am recording this from Anchorage, Alaska. It is gorgeous 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: up here. It is like real fall temperatures. There's some 41 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: fresh snow up on the tippy tops of the mountains. 42 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: You can see from town, beautiful fall colors on the 43 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: trees down here. And we just did the big gear shuffle. 44 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: That's Jason Rare, Garrett Smith aka Dirtmith, and myself. There's 45 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: a lot of packing and repacking involved in these trips 46 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: and we got multiple legs to go tomorrow to hopefully 47 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: get into brown Bear Camp. Really looking forward to a gang, 48 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: really looking forward to it. As you know, we got 49 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: lots of help on the podcast. Alex Tilney and Jordan 50 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: Sillers are going to tag team any update that need 51 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: to happen here over the next week or two in 52 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: case they get stuck up there in the bush, which 53 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like a bad thing at all. I want 54 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: to keep you as up to date and relevant as possible, 55 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: and it's good to have some helping hands. Boys do 56 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: some heavy lifting as it is, so it's awesome to 57 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 1: have them jump in and read you the news. God, 58 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: we've got a lot of stuff. It is just hard 59 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: to pack the way you want to when you're doing 60 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: this TV stuff, ladies and gentlemen. Makes me little self conscious. 61 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: I'm not going to lie. But once we get out there, 62 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun. We're gonna be doing the thing 63 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: which is glass and heavy, looking for big brown critters 64 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: and uh maybe some wolves out there too. So lots 65 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: to report back on. I came out of Climate Week 66 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: New York City, met up with Alex Tilney, had some 67 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: great food and talk to politics, climate change, how hunters 68 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: see climate and roadless rules and things like that, in 69 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: front of a bunch of super nice folks from the 70 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: Upper West Side and the Manhattan Patagonia store. And I'm 71 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: not talking Manhattan, Montana. I'm talking the island of Manhattan. 72 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: First thing I saw when I crossed the bridge was 73 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: a dude ripping on a scooter with a couple of 74 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: fishing rods on his back, which made me real happy. 75 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: Gang really did. Without further ado, let me get to 76 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: the news. If you're getting out in the woods, be safe, 77 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: be kind, be courteous, work hard, good things will happen. 78 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: Moving on to the crime desk, six men from Montana 79 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: and Washington State have pled guilty to poaching six bowl 80 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: elk and five mule deer bucks in Montana between twenty 81 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: twenty and twenty twenty four. Details are still scarce, but 82 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: we do know that. Thanks to a tip from the public, 83 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: game wardens discovered a group of individuals who had been 84 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: illegally killing animals in Hunting District five ninety, which is 85 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: located south of a town called Roundup or round Town 86 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: as we used to call it, in the eastern portion 87 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: of the state, about due north of Billings, Montana. Two 88 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: of the men, Devin Ray and Mitch Miller, are from 89 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: round Up, while the other four Ben Valadez, Kyle Stealing, 90 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: Noah Valades, and Johnny Lopez are from Tri Cities, Washington, 91 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: over six hundred miles away. How these fellas connected with 92 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: each other and killed all those elk and mule deer 93 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: is unclear. What is clear is that they're all paying 94 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: hefty fines and are looking at two, four and eight 95 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: year hunting licensed suspensions. They also had their trophies confiscated 96 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: and get to hear their names on podcasts like this one, which, 97 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: let's be honest, is an even worse punishment. An American 98 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: fugitive hiding in Canada was arrested last week after Canadian 99 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: officials discovered he and four others had been allegedly poaching 100 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 1: eagles and hawks. The five individuals face that combined forty 101 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: three federal and provincial charges, including hunting of birds of 102 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: prey and unlawful possession of wildlife for the purpose of trafficking. 103 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: The American a fella named Simon Paul had been charged 104 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: with similar crimes on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. 105 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: A confidential informant told law enforcement that he'd fled up 106 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: to Alberta to live with Teresa Snow on the Stony 107 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: Nakota First Nation. When game boardens started poking around up there, 108 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: they learned that Paul was actively killing eagles on the 109 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: Stony Nakota and Eden Valley First Nation's land and selling 110 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: wildlife products. Undercover agents approached Paul Snow and another man 111 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: named James Britton, and they sold the agents various illegal items, 112 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: including a ball to eagle feather headdress, black bear claw necklaces, 113 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: and a raptor talon dance stick. Subsequent searches of the 114 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: suspects trucks and residences revealed freshly removed eagle feet with talons, feathers, blood, 115 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: and other raptor parts, and a tipster said Paul and 116 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: another man named Eli Snow had been shooting eagles from 117 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: their truck. Eagle feathers and parts are important ceremonial items 118 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: in many indigenous communities, but Alberta and other provinces and 119 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: states have instituted means by which these items can be obtained. 120 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: As with hunting regulations, these rules are designed to allow 121 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: for responsible harvest while maintaining the health of wildlife populations. 122 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: But when there's a market for wild life parts, there 123 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: will always be suppliers who tried to cut corners, which 124 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: is likely what has happened in this case. Old Simon 125 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: Paul wasn't the only poacher to get caught by undercover 126 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: wildlife agents last month, thirty two year old Dylan Nisley 127 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: of Indiana had been operating illegal guided fishing trips on 128 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: Lake Erie, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. 129 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: When agents caught win toed this, they signed up for 130 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: one of Nisley's trips. They discovered that Nisley did not 131 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: possess a valid US Coast Guard Captain license or a 132 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: valid fishing guide license, and he allowed the undercover agents 133 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: to keep more walleye than their daily limit. Agents also 134 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: discovered that in November of twenty twenty three, Nisley traveled 135 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: to Missouri and killed a buck with a firearm during 136 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: archery season, failed to report all the deer he harvested, 137 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: and took more than two antler deer during the season. 138 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: Nisley was charged with federal LACI Act violations and sentenced 139 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: to two years of probation, which includes a universal fishing 140 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: and hunting band for the entire probation period and one 141 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: hundred and forty four hours of community service. Nisley also 142 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: paid ten thousand dollars to the Lacy Act Reward account. 143 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: Last One for You, a Washington State woman has pled 144 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: guilty to a single felony account of wildlife trafficking for 145 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: buying and selling waterfowl and black bear parts. The trouble 146 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,559 Speaker 1: for fifty four year old the Yan L Lee began 147 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: all the way back in twenty twenty, when the Skadget 148 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: County Health Department received complaints about Lee's restaurant. Someone found 149 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: dead waterfowl outside Lee's establishment, but investigators found that Lee 150 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: wasn't selling the bird meat in her restaurant. She was 151 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: fined for possessing the birds without the proper paperwork, and 152 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: that should have been the end of the story, but 153 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: the Health department continued to receive complaints, and so the 154 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife launched a full investigation, 155 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: which included you guessed it, undercover game wardens. One of 156 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: these agents approached Lee with animal parts to sell, and 157 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: she purchased thirteen gall bladders, six livers, and twenty four 158 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: black bear pause with the claws still attached. These parts 159 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: are bought and sold in the States for hundreds of dollars, 160 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: but can be resold overseas four thousands. After pleading guilty 161 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: to a Class C felony, Lee was sentenced to forty 162 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: five days of confinement and an eighteen hundred dollars fine. 163 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: There's probably more to the story. If Lee was buying 164 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: and selling black bear parts, then she must have had 165 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: a supplier along with a buyer. I'm sure investigators are 166 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: looking into who these people were and whether the bears 167 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: were being poached from the good people of Washington State. 168 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: Moving on to the mailbag desk, listener Brian Sadler wrote 169 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: in with a sobering but helpful report from his part 170 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: of the woods in Wisconsin. Brian lives in a county 171 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: near r Pal Doug Duran, and he believes CWD is 172 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: becoming more prevalent and having a serious impact on hunting opportunities. 173 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: Brian said, quote, I hunt public and some private permission 174 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: in a few of the counties that show very high 175 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: prevalence of CWD. It really has become a coin flip 176 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: the last decade for if I'm going to get a 177 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: CWD positive or not. Some deer look fat and healthy, 178 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: others look like an old rug draped over bones. I 179 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: feel that the continued high population density in certain parts 180 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: of the county overshadows the fact that the prevalence is increasing. 181 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: From independent conversations with hunters in the area who've been 182 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: running trail cameras since before CWD was detected, the age 183 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: class of bucks has really dropped over the last few years. 184 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: They used to have several target bucks each year in 185 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: their area between four and six and a half years old. 186 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: Now all of them say they don't see any bucks 187 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: over three and a half anymore. Brian clarifies that these 188 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: landowners haven't changed their management strategy and are still trying 189 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: to target bucks four and a half years and older, 190 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: but they're seeing less and less of these older bruisers 191 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: and Saddler believes CWD is the culprit general whitetail season 192 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: is right around the corner if you live in an 193 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: area with CWD restrictions. I know it's a pain in 194 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: the ass, but Brian's email is a good reminder that 195 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: we need to stay vigilant and do everything in our 196 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: power to mitigate the impact of this disease. Your kids 197 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: and grandkids will thank you now to pile on here 198 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: bubbly Doug says ten years ago, we didn't have a 199 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: positive deer thirteen years ago. Based on the recommendations of 200 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: James Doctor dear Kroll, Uncle Ted's buddy, the tools to 201 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: manage the herd and the disease, like eern a buck 202 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 1: and an early and extended gun buck and doe seasons 203 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: were outlawed. We watched that tipping point of exponential growth 204 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: happen in real time. One of the big land owners 205 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: just south of Durkin's cousin's place, who I keep in 206 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: contact with and whose experience has been chronicled by Pat 207 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: and other writers, had eleven out of eleven bucks harvested 208 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: last year test positive. None were older than three and 209 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: a half. Then in February he walked out into a 210 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: food plot and found three more bucks dead, all emaciated, 211 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: like they were standing there knowing they were supposed to eat, 212 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: but didn't know how. It's anecdotal, but hunters got their 213 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: finger on the pulse of this stuff because they're paying 214 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: attention to it. Take her or leave it. CWD isn't 215 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: the only disease white tail have to worry about. Epizootic 216 00:11:55,720 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: haemorrhagic disease, or more commonly known by its acronym, is 217 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: ravaging the herds in southeast Ohio as thousands of deer 218 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 1: succumb to the usually fatal viral illness. EHD is spread 219 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: by midge flies that transmit the virus through their bites. 220 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: It causes deer to become disoriented, feverish, and causes their head, neck, 221 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: and tongue to swell. Deer often become thirsty, and so 222 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: the carcasses are often found in or near waterways. EHD 223 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: is a common deer disease and it usually doesn't cause 224 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: high rates of mortality, but when conditions are right and 225 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: the midge flies swarm, it can cause serious outbreaks. In 226 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: southeast Ohio, nearly eight thousand deer have been reported dead 227 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: or sick in twenty twenty five. That's up from two 228 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: thousand last year and only eighteen the year before. One 229 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: local resident who spoke to the media said that he 230 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: and his neighbors located thirty dead deer within a one 231 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: mile radius of his home. Wildlife managers believe the heavy 232 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: rains in July coupled with the droughts in August, created 233 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: the perfect muddy habitat for flies to reproduce, and the 234 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: white tail population is feeling the consequences. Hunters aren't happy either. 235 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: Wildlife managers are considering an emergency rule that would reduce 236 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: the bag limit for deer in Athens, Washington, and Megs 237 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: County from three to two. If deer herds are already 238 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: being diminished by EHD, they don't want hunters to put 239 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: them back even further. Most hunters support these emergency measures, 240 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: though some say they don't go far enough. EHD doesn't 241 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: appear to be dangerous to humans, and there haven't been 242 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: any cases of humans contracting the virus by eating venison, 243 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: but wildlife officials still discourage hunters from eating disease deer, 244 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: partly because you never know when a virus might make 245 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: that jump, and partly because hunters can't say for sure 246 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: the deer died from EHD. A sick deer might have 247 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: another illness that is dangerous to people, so officials advise caution. 248 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: The flies will die when the weather gets colder later 249 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: this year, and the deer herds can usually bounce back 250 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: pretty well from an EHD outbreak, but it might take 251 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: a few years, and in the meantime, hunters in southeast 252 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: Ohio might have to make do with you were venison 253 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: steaks in the freezer. In regards to eating EHD positive deer, 254 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 1: typically if they're positive, you're not going to know it. 255 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: If you shot it, you'll know it because you found 256 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: them dead in close enough proximity to water. Your normal 257 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: cooking routine for venison wild game is going to be 258 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: just fine. You're not going to contract EHD. The bear 259 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: Encounter's desk has been seeing its annual spike in activity. 260 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: Last week in Nipigon, Ontario, a couple who had to 261 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: open the back door to let their dog out got 262 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: more traffic than they bargained for when a black bear 263 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: walked right in that same door. After suffering scratches and bites, 264 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: the couple barricaded themselves in the bedroom and called the police. 265 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: Smart of these folks not to barricade themselves in the pantry. 266 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: The bear then wandered into the basement of the house, 267 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: where the dog managed to confine it by standing at 268 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: the top of the stairs and barking its head off. 269 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: Law enforcement responded to the scene and killed the bear, 270 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: and thankfully, the couple and the dog received medical care 271 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: but will have no long term injuries. In response to 272 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: the incident, Martin Obert, a research scientist with Ontario's Ministry 273 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: of Natural Resources, told the CBC that this year's failed 274 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: blueberry crop was driving bears to seek calories closer to houses, 275 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: restaurants and trash. He said, quote, when we have droughts 276 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: like we had this summer, that really hammers the blueberry crop, 277 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: and droughts across Ontario were pretty widespread this year. There 278 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: have been six hundred and seventy reports of bear encounters 279 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: from the northwest region of Ontario this year, much higher 280 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: than the successful blueberry crop years of twenty twenty two 281 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty three, but under last year's total, when 282 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: the crop also failed, leading to seven hundred and one 283 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: bear reports by the same point last season. That's right, 284 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: black bears, if you're listening, you got some catching up 285 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: to do winners coming in fast. Down in central Florida, 286 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: a bear walked into the garage of a local man, 287 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: Zeke Clark, and panicked after the garage door closed behind him. 288 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: The bear then opened the door to the kick and 289 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: charged into the house, and Clark's mother in law screamed, 290 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: bear in the house, Bear in the house. Clark said 291 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: that at that point, quote all hell broke loose. Listen. 292 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: I understand not wanting your mother in law to come 293 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: over so often, but orchestrating a bear intrusion is going 294 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: to extremes anyway. After the bear fled into the bathroom, 295 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: Clark retrieved a firearm, opened the door and shot the 296 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: bear once, then closed the door again with the bear 297 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: charging toward him, and shot two more times through the door. 298 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: This was the third time bears had managed to get 299 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: into Clark's house this year, although both previous times the 300 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: intrusions were limited to the garage. Clark said he plans 301 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: to install locks on all his doors from now on. 302 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: Clark's encounter is happening against the backdrop of controversy surrounding 303 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: the upcoming Floorida bear season, the first one in the 304 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: state in ten years. For all the background on this one, 305 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: head over to the meeater dot com and read the 306 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: excellent recent article by our own Jordan Sillers. Opposition to 307 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: the hunt has been intense, with animal rights groups buying 308 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: up lottery entries in hopes of winning tags so that 309 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: hunters won't. Of course, if management objectives aren't met this year, 310 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will likely just 311 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,719 Speaker 1: to increase the hunting quotas until bears reach a sustainable 312 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: carrying capacity. But that strategy isn't the only way anti 313 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: hunters are trying to disrupt Florida's bear season. After challenges 314 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: to the state's administrative process failed, the anti hunting group 315 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: Bear Warriors Unlimited, this week filed a lawsuit in Tallahassee 316 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 1: Circuit Court, hoping to convince a judge to cancel the season. 317 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: The group alleges that the hunt is based on out 318 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: of date science from ten years ago. Observers think the 319 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: suit has very little chance of success, as all the 320 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: biology from more recent years has confirmed that black bears 321 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: are absolutely kicking butt in the Sunshine State, with as 322 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: many as four thousand of them now on the landscape. Finally, 323 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: in the northern New Jersey town of Vernon, a one 324 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five pound female bear entered a Dollar 325 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: General last week, shortly after biting a ninety year old 326 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: woman near the entry to the store. Footage captured by 327 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: another patron shows the bear calmly walking the aisles as 328 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: though looking for the sour cream and onion pringles. The 329 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: bear then left the store, and area police attempted to 330 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: haze her back into the woods with rubber bullets. However, 331 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: after the sow headed back to the Dollar General two 332 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: more times, police made the decision to kill her. Vernon 333 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: city ordinance allows stores and restaurants to leave dumpsters open, 334 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: and the death of this bear prompted another round of 335 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: calls for elected officials to change town law to require 336 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: dumpsters to be covered. These stories make for splashy news, 337 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: but those kind of boring steps just make trash harder 338 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: to eat make all the difference in the world. New 339 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: Jersey's bear hunt also survived a recent lawsuit when a 340 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: state appeals court rejected a challenge to the authority of 341 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: the New Jersey Fishing Game Council. The challenge was filed 342 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: by State Senator Ray Lesniak, who argued that because six 343 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: of the eleven Fishing Game Council members were nominated by 344 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, a hunting 345 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: in common reservation advocacy group, the council was in effect 346 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 1: controlled by that private organization. In its decision, the Appeals 347 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: Court pointed to the fact that all members of the 348 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: Council had been lawfully appointed by the governor and confirmed 349 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: by the state Senate. New Jerseys Hunt faces another legal 350 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: challenge from the Animal Protection League of New Jersey, which 351 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: seeks to overturn the state's comprehensive black bear management policy 352 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: from twenty twenty two and will be sure to keep 353 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: you up to date with what happens on that one. 354 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: This flurry of bear human conflict is happening now because 355 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: black bears are entering a state called you guessed it, hyperfacia, 356 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: which literally means intense feeding, the phase of year when 357 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: they eat as many calories as possible to pack on 358 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: all that fat they can in preparation for hibernation, you know, 359 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 1: like a tailgate party. Hyper Fascia is triggered by a 360 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: spike in blood insulin, allowing bears to consume as much 361 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: as three times the daily calories they eat at other 362 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: times of year. Most bears will consume a wh being 363 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 1: sixty percent of their yearly food in just a three 364 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: month window. Black bears have been known to double their 365 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: weight in this period, adding all those extra pounds in 366 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: pure fat. Then they burn that fat during hibernation when 367 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: they won't eat, drink, pea, or poop for months at 368 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: a time. This fat storage system is so sophisticated that 369 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: the longest recorded black bear hibernation was an astonishing two 370 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: hundred and forty seven days logged by a Sal bear 371 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: in the Sassitna Valley in Alaska in the Winner of 372 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty one to eighty two. Biologist R. A. Nelson 373 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: called the hibernation of a bear quote a refined response 374 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: to starvation, and that Sal's epic sleep was in response 375 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,959 Speaker 1: to a failed Alaskan berry crop, much like our Ontario story. 376 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: Even more unbelievable, that same bear in the Sassitina Valley 377 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: den for exactly two hundred and forty seven days again 378 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: in the Winner of eighty four eighty five. Just a reminder, 379 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: if you or I didn't drink for three days, we'd 380 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: be dead. If we lay in bed for only about 381 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: three weeks. We'd hardly be to walk when we stood up. Anyway, 382 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: that biological drive to survive over the winter leads bears 383 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: to take a whole lot of risks in the fall 384 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: to get food. So lock your doors, bring your garbage 385 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: cans inside, keep that dog on a leash when you 386 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: go walking or running, and let's try to have as 387 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: few bears get killed for no reason for the rest 388 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: of the fall. If you're going to eat them, that's 389 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: a different story. Wrapping up the bear desk. A few 390 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: weeks ago, we brought you news of the sky high 391 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: level of bear conflict in Hokkaido, the northernmost island in Japan, 392 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: along with some very Japanese responses to the threat, including 393 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: Ai bear facial recognition, robot wolves, and a not very 394 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: convincing actor in a rubber suit. Well, this week we 395 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: found out about another more practical but still very Japanese 396 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: solution bear spray rentals. That's right, if you're worried about 397 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: coming face to face with a bear while hiking, fishing, 398 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: or delivering papers in the northernmost prefecture, you can rent 399 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: a can of bear spray from a newly found a 400 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: company called Yamibiori for right around four thousand yen about 401 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: twenty five American dollars. The company will deliver a can 402 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: of bear spray to a hotel or rental car for 403 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: two days of use. Customers can also pick up the 404 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: spray at a farmer's market if they prefer to get 405 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: some picnic provisions along with the predator defense. Tokyo businessman 406 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: Noritaka Shirawa told the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper that started the 407 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: company after falling in love with hiking in Hokkaido in 408 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, flying there at least five times a year 409 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: and seeing at least one bear every season. He started 410 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: to carry bear spray as a result, but had to 411 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: leave his can of the stuff with a local friend 412 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: because it's prohibited to carry bear spray on a plane 413 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 1: in Japan, even in your check luggage. Pretty sure, that's 414 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 1: pretty universal, and because there are no bear spray manufacturers 415 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: in Japan, imported spray is extremely expensive. It can cost 416 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: up to twenty five thousand yen or about one hundred 417 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: and thirty five dollars per can. For comparison, it costs 418 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: only about thirty or forty dollars here in the US. 419 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: Bear spray shortages have also been reported across Japan, with 420 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: waiting lists that can be up to a year long. 421 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: Many times, the import process takes so much time that 422 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: cans are almost expired by the time they make it 423 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: two store shelves. Now, far be it from me to 424 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: interfere with the livelihood of the guy who started this 425 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: rental business. But maybe a Japanese company can start up 426 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: the country's own bear spray industry. After all, this is 427 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: a place that knows a thing or two about spicy food. 428 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: I for one, have definitely eaten too much with sabi 429 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: and kind of hunched over for a while waiting for 430 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: the pain to pass. So what about wasabi bear spray? 431 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: Big opportunity, especially because as any bear spray defense expert 432 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: will tell you, you should really always be carrying two 433 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: cans of bear spray, one for the encounter back there 434 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: in the woods and one for the walk out of 435 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: the woods. You heard it here first, And if anyone 436 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,959 Speaker 1: out there starts the Wasabi bear spray company, I'll accept 437 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,719 Speaker 1: ten percent of annual gross revenue, thank you very much. Simplify, 438 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: focus on the product and allow That's all I got 439 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: for you this week. Thank you so much for listening, 440 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: and remember to write in to a s k c. A. 441 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: L Let's ascal at the meteater dot com. Let me 442 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: know what's going on in your neckh the words. We 443 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: appreciate it.