‘The Boss’ reminds Canmore residents to remain bear aware

Bow Valley residents were excited proceeding ‘The Boss’ was successful municipality this week up of his upcoming performance successful Calgary. But alternatively of the celebrated stone star, it was really an big antheral grizzly bear of the aforesaid name, who decided to travel by for a snack.

Making his mode from Harvie Heights, down into Canmore Nick De Ruyter, programme manager with Wildsmart said his stroll was uneventful.

“He doesn’t truly attraction astir different people,” chuckled Ruyter. “He conscionable wholly did his ain thing. He was ne'er assertive and was conscionable cruising around.”

Other Bow Valley residents, similar Howard Hepburn, agree.

“He’s got a reputation, but he’s a bully bear,” Hepburn said. “He doesn’t mostly get into trouble, nevertheless if radical are careless oregon don’t instrumentality precautions, then, you know, incidents tin happen.”

But it could person been occupation for The Boss if residents weren’t careful.

“Don’t permission pumpkins sitting out, don’t permission favored food, greasy barbecues, garbage, compost,” said Ruyter. “All those things could pull a carnivore into municipality and get into trouble, and they’re each nether our power arsenic residents. So we arsenic a assemblage request to measurement up and bash better, and support those bears retired of trouble.”

Canmore protective services manager Caitlin Miller told Global News the municipality has strict residential and commercialized bylaws successful bid to mitigate interactions betwixt radical successful wildlife, but for those who don’t travel them bylaw officers enactment quick.

“We person beauteous steep fines for having a canine disconnected leash, for having effect connected trees, and for feeding wildlife,” Miller explained. “So if a carnivore does entree the effect connected your tree? That good starts astatine a 1000 dollars.”

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When wildlife officials get the telephone astir bears coming into town, determination is simply a extended database of protocols they indispensable follow.

“Little things similar closing areas, removing the attractants, these are each the archetypal steps that they take,” Ruyter said. “Trapping and moving oregon euthanizing a carnivore is the precise past resort.”

If you spot unsafe wildlife successful the Bow Valley, you are asked to telephone Fish & Wildlife 1(800)642-3800 oregon (403) 591-7755.