T&T: Bears

[Rob Zanussi]

Part of the polar bear problem in Churchill is the bears congregate there
and wait for the ice to form so they can head out and hunt seals. With the
current warming trends, they ice is taking longer and longer to come in
which means the bears are in the area for longer.

Now, if I remember my history correctly, Churchill is there because has
something to do with the ice coming in on Hudson's Bay. It may be the most
northern harbour that remains ice free for the longest time. 

And, polars have no enemies and are not afraid of man. 

Rob


At 10:25 AM 6/4/2007 -0400, LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote:
>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.


Do you realize that in about 40 years we will have thousands of old ladies
running around with tattoos and pierced navels?