The problem with that logic, of course, is where do you draw the territorial lines? We wander around in "bear country" all the time. So, would it then be okay for any bear to kill anyone in "bear" country? Or should we just kill all the bears?
One of the reasons many of us love Alaska (substitute a lot of other places here if you like) is that there is always a bit of risk and unknown, things we can't always control. Weather, wilderness, and yes, even these "overgrown dump rats".
I'm a big believer in taking every precaution possible to prevent the miserable little fellows from occupying my camps/cabin, and I work hard at it. Sometimes I fail, and as often as not, it's something I did, or failed to do that invited the bear to come on in.
I've worked on bears and research on them for many years, both brown and black, and they are still fascinating creatures. Don't get me wrong, though, I'd shoot one in a heartbeat if I felt I was threatened.
One of the reasons I sold a cabin a while back is the neighbor, who goes out there only in winter, trashes his property, leaves all sorts of garbage out there, which brings the bears right to my door.
Sometimes it isn't the bear that needs a little electrical stimulation.
We have had great success with electric fences in the last few years in keeping the playful little forest creatures out of our camps. Knock on wood, we've never had a bear in a camp that was protected by a fence, and we're camping in some of the densest populations of black bears anywhere.
Shoot em if you have to, but it is really hard to draw lines on these sorts of things. Better to work on our behaviour and equipment, maybe.
And a little risk keeps you sharp. That's part of flying, too, especially off airport flying.
Philosophical rambling, sorry,
Mike Vivion