eT ey ee ary es ” A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 8, 2003 Marauding bear gunned down By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN LOCAL conservation officer Blair Thin says it's the worst part of the job ~ shooting a bear. But mat s exactly what he had to do Oct. He had to shoot an-aging 300- pound black bear at a Halliwell resi- dence after receiving reports of the bear returning to the. area several times to eat unpicked fruit from area fruit trees. The Terrace conservation: office had received approximately - six complaints about. the bear in that neighbourhood in the week prior to its killing. Thin was called to 5 107 Halliwell alter receiving reports that the bear was Up an apple tree. He shot the bear.in the head using a shotgun — he said the chances of a successful relocation would have been slim. “Bears that are habituated to non- bear food sources will return,” he said. , The bear appeared to be an older animal given the state of its dental City nixes bear cash BEAR AWARE organizers say they’ve given up on Terrace after their latest rejection from city council. Bear Aware coordinator Deidre Price said the pro- gram, in its third year here, won’t run next year because the city won't put up cash and because seed money has run out. She asked council last week to back the group’s efforts -— with both im- mediate aid plus more in the city’s 2004 budget. Council took no action over the request. Mayor Jack Falstra said council is reluctant to help be- cause doing so amounts ta a downloading of service the provincial government Ought to provide. A time.” decay, Thin said, Its lower canine tooth was reduced to a nub, it was missing many teeth and many of its remaining teeth were broken. Aside from that it was a large, healthy-looking bear. "Tt basically comes down to people not adhering to Bear Aware advice,” Thin said, adding people simply must remove bear attractants from their yards to avoid bears from -getting used to human-provided food. Barbecues need to be cleaned, pet food kept indoors, garbage kept locked away until garbage collection morning, bird feeders “should “be From front avoided and rotten and ripening fruit must be picked off trees and re- moved fram the ground. “People just aren't doing it and subsequently the bears are suffering because of il,” he said. The Halliwell residence owner did have buckets out and a ladder ready to pick the fruit, but just didn’t get to it in time to avoid the situa- tion, he added. - Nonetheless the residents were is- sued a dangerous wildlife protection order, obligating them to pick up any fallen fruit and pick ripened fruit off the trees, ; Series of bears relocated trapping the bear overnight, and it was released the next day. ; And Aug. 30 conservation officers relocated a Kermode bear family con- sisting of a black bear sow and two cubs — one black and one white - from the village of Aiyansh. The bears had come into the village on several occasions and caused quite a bit of damage to local smoke houses, Ryan said. Officers were able to move the entire family all at once. "= HISTORY AT 4 GLANCE —. | 5 YEARS AGO AN ELDERLY woman who died March 26, while police searched her Thornhill home for a mar- ijuana grow operation died of natural causes. 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The poll, conducted across the riding at the end of September, shows 31 per cent of decided voters would support the NDP while 30 per cent would vate | Reform. each given $5,000. “We will not return without sup- port from the city.” ‘ She took’ dim ‘al’ the” city’s willingness lo spend $3,000 to send a stuffed bear on a provincial tour to campaign for the Kermode to be the symbol of the 2010 Olympics. “When promoting this, | believe they need to take responsibility to reduce their impact on these crea- tures in a safe and practi- cal manner,” Price said. “Unfortunately, when it comes to keeping Terrace safe by promoting preven- tative actions, they lost in- terest.” Besides cash, she said, the city could easily pass bylaws and crack down on homeowners who place garbage too early at the curb or leave other bear attractants in their yards. 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