Early ripening of berries this summer could be reason why so many black bears feeding on residential fruit and garbage bin scraps
Bear sightings close to populated areas are up this summer in many parts of the province but a wildlife biologist says he’s as surprised as local conservation officers are at the sheer numbers showing up in Prince George.
“Maybe they are drying up at the lower elevations and that’s moving the black bears into town. They ripen first at the lower elevations and ripen last at the highest elevations which are not available to black bears, by and large, because it’s grizzly bears that use those high-elevation open berry patches. Around Prince George you don’t have those higher elevations , so when the berry crop dries then they definitely have to switch to a different food.
To get the protein they need they eat ants, grubs and other bugs which they find in broken stumps or logs. Because fruit contains virtually no protein they look to other readily available protein sources which they find in residential garbage bins.“We think a garbage bear is a garbage bear forever, well a lot of bears aren’t. When they become habituated and conditioned to human foods and that’s all, there’s really little you can do to convince the bear to stop doing that.
Mowat advises city residents to take away all attractants for bears such as fruit, birdfeeders, garbage bins, barbecue grills and don’t keep fridges or freezers in outdoor areas.
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