Fox News host Jesse Watters defends firing national park rangers
Watters: “You know how many people died from bear attacks that year when there were zero park rangers? One American.”
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From the February 26, 2025, edition of Fox News' The Five
JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): When you go camping in a national park, Judge, the first thing you do is you go to the park ranger and ask, "Should I feed the bears?" No. I did a little research on bear attacks and fatalities in North America. During the pandemic, we shut down the national parks and we didn't have a single park ranger. You know how many people died from bear attacks that year when there were zero park rangers? One American. When we rehired all of the park rangers the next year, 4,000 park rangers, you know how many bear attacks? One. The amount of park rangers has nothing to do with how many people's lives they save from bear attacks. It is ridiculous.