Grizzly Comes to Town
And gets moved on Tuesday Sep 24th Sunrise over the Salish Sea - with a BC ferry in the distance A Grizzly on the Coast is big news. W e don't get many. The young bear in the link was wandering around the roads in upper Gibsons which backs onto Mount Elphinstone and the forests that go on for hundreds of miles. We get a sighting maybe once a year and the Conservation Officers were soon on the scene setting up a trap and subsequently catching the said Grizzly before relocating it by boat. We know not where, for obvious reasons. This was a good outcome. Bears are often shot if they become a nuisance, particularly Black Bears which apparently, are difficult to relocate. They cannot be placed into another bear's territory and will often return to where they were causing a nuisance. Picking garden produce early as bears come in to their hyperphagia period (eating as much as possible before hibernation), especially fruit trees and other food sources, is encouraged to reduc