Dogs are supposed to be kept on leashes or otherwise confined per 5AAC.92.029 (among other relevant state laws).  The only exceptions are hunting dogs undergoing "field trials", such as Labradors.  A rottweiler isn't a hunting dog.  The individual should have gotten a hefty fine.  The law may not be rigorously enforced, but it's still the law.  What would have happened if that agitated mother bear had continued down the trail and encountered someone--say a child--less able to defend him/herself?  Answer--the child possibly killed, then bear and probably cub killed as well.  All because of this idiot's sense of entitlement such that the laws don't apply to him and his precious "pet".

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