T&T: Bears

[LRZeitlin@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/4/07 12:01:13 AM, Rob writes:


> We had a really hot summer a few years ago and the berry crops were
> terrible. The bears were desparate for food so they started to enter
> cottages in search of it. They would rip the doors off the fridge, freezer,
> bite thru cans etc. Once a bear learns to enter a cottage it continues to
> do it. And it uses the same route, which in my case, is the kitchen window.
> I should add that they have come thru other windows, but the kitchen is the
> one they use when we are home, LOL.
> 

During my military service I spent a very cold winter at Ft. Churchill, CA. 
The community was build astride a polar bear migration route for some strange 
reason best known to the Canadian army. Over the years the bears discovered 
that the garbage dump provided a more convenient food supply than braving the 
frigid waters and hunting seals. When food at the dump ran low, they prowled the 
town in search of unlocked kitchen larders. Not that a lock would stop a two 
ton bear for long. Every night the RCMP and the army would run patrols, trap or 
tranqualize wandering bears, and release them ten miles out of town.

Now all I worry about is deer eating my wife's begonias, racoons tipping over 
the garbage can, and coyotes munching on the neighbor's cats.

Larry Z


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