How about the excuse that all they have NOW is a gun, and even 30 seconds needed to run down a tranq gun might result in greater injury to a HUMAN BEING. Human life takes precedence over any sort of injury to the bear. On the subject of ammunition, the original poster is a moron. Frangible ammunition is a LESS lethal type! She has no clue what she is talking about, and is probably confusing it with artillery or something. Hollow points get more penetration, fragmentation rounds don't penetrate as deeply, and if an officer was using fragmentation rounds against a larger-than-human predator with a thick furry coat, it was because he had NOTHING else. If you are concerned about the bear's welfare, you PREFER they use fragmentation rounds to solid or hollow-point rounds that would penetrate more deeply and do more damage.

I'm fairly certain she got something wrong from the original article.