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Black Bear Chasing Kid Style

Black  Bear  ChaseBad, because campers will need to keep a keen
eye for nuisance bears. Now nuisance bear
Peddling as fast as my aching legs couldcomplaints  are  the  norm.
move, I came to an abrupt stop. My shocked
eyes followed the big black bear as it veeredBear  Control
off the old brush road into the dark forest,
just  a  few  feet  in  front  of  me.Some municipalities have now hired
bear-control officers, but many
Camping  With  My  Friendsmunicipalities  cannot  afford  this.
It was early summer. A couple of friends ofWithout trained staff, municipalities must
mine and myself had just finished a week endrely on law enforcement officers, with no
camping and fishing trip at one of ourbackground in bear management, to respond to
favorite  lakes  in the area, where we lived.nuisance  bear  complaints.
As I can remember it was a very long bikeOne day the Ontario government will come to
ride,  even  for  three  14  year  old  boys.their senses and bring back the spring Black
Bear  hunt  again.
Bear  Country
The  Bear  Facts
The road we took to get there and back hadn't
seen any traffic for a few years. It was aThe black bear is also seen in other colour
good bet we would run into something backphases, chocolate and cinnamon brown are also
there.common.
Sure enough I did, my buddies missed out onBlack bears can reach weights of up to 700
all the excitement, they had trailed behindlbs.
and  missed  out.
Black bears roam a very large area even as
Spring  Bear  Huntmuch  as  500  square  miles.
Since that time I've seen many a black bearBlack bears have been know to run as fast as
in  the  Ontario  Northland  of  Canada.a  horse.
With the cancellation of the annual springA bear can bite through a tree as big around
black bear hunt, I expect to see many more ofas  a  person's  arm.
these  magnificent  animals.
Litter size may range from one to five cubs,
Black  Bear  Populationbut  two  is  average.
For the tourists, this is good and bad news,Male black bears regularly kill and eat bear
for the Northern Ontario resident, just bad.cubs in the spring; biologists say as many as
Ontario has a growing black bear population50% of bear cubs lose their lives this way
that  is  one  of  the  largest in the world.each  year.
Bears  In  PoliticsLife span in the wild is 20 to 25 years.
Mother black bears have not been known to
The spring black bear hunt was cancelled inattack  in  defence  of  its  cubs.
1999 in a pre-election move. The thought was
that the government's decision would reduceA large number of fatal bear attacks in
the  number  of  orphaned  cubs.Ontario have occurred in areas not open to
hunting.
The number of orphaned cubs in shelters rose.
As a tourist, I enjoy the site of seeing one
Happy  Touristsof nature's rare sights. As a resident, black
bears are seen, heard and feared all too
Residents now have to put up with nuisanceoften.
bears. Too many for their liking. The
tourists have good news because they will getThe black bears future depends on how well
a  better  chance  at  seeing  one.Ontario Northland residents understand manage
and tolerate them.



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