” Page ‘A2, July 25,1979 - North Shore News

ppin pit or trana
is often no solution, sa
Adolph. ‘, oe

, says Adolph, is
the: high rat rth Shore’ bears,

““The animal already has a:
- preference. ‘for the area it-
"was caught. in, is | un-.
comfortable in a strange
place: and -will normally -
‘return.on its own volition ...
"within fours or days.

triplets every. two: years This
population. explosion’ “is
ncouraged by ‘the’ ‘teady
_ availability” of “food from
_ backyard. garbage. cans and
fus ins ‘“T could: take the bear .
further away, but ‘then the.
conservation ‘officers in
Squamish, Pemberton,
Maple Ridge or Hope; who
~ are-valready “up —to—their
badges * ‘in: -bears--would be |
- upset -— because they are
looking for places to take the -
ones they catch and don’t

ASE: a) oe A” need any miore problem ;
the aréa with no desire to go bears.”

here else and produces
" TRANQUILLIZING moe,

“ Adolph says the. policy of -
the ‘Wildlife Branch ‘is to
‘tranquillize sows and cubs |. Ss :
‘before.relocating them.“We | —_ : a Se qe.
do that primarily,” he ad- j| & ; :
mits, “to avoid public outcry . .
at the prospect of having to Pe. ss : pene a
cae ‘destroy them in someone’s | - j s ie oa
eee t _ backyard,’ or when’ it’s:
> , unsafe. to discharge a large -_
'~ galibre firearm.”

trans sport it “to ‘an:

Adoph maintains ; there are
certain” “problems. “with the
tranquillizer. gun ‘itself: The
drugs (which. are dangerous

a d. Loads mi When there is any display
prepared . according. to the of aggressiveness.
, weight and. age of. ‘the.

_animal. By design the. gunis. |

accurate. only at close range” Aen ou gh black bears are

(lost darts ‘from’. “misses” |
v7 -» | could be:dangerous if found. ee left x Coney Ox een
_ OFFICEINEWS” | by achild). Moreover, it can ya ite

: ° (goa) 980-0511 take anything from several cual wey ar ome and
oo CLASSIFIED ™ e seconds to several minutes y. only ata nce, . ;
~~ Sggegaae” | forthe animal iosuecimb 19 Pregeuaic. And. they can D550R Front Load Cassette Deck
. CIRCULATION the drug — during which jo faster than a horse, let | : a ec

_ time it is furious and
+, 986-1337 . ‘dangerous, especially with a
Te crowd of people around.

Equa S's | For these reasons, ac- “Outside of the grizzly,”

alone any human being.

Publisher conguitteing” anh tak he says, “there are no
Peter Speck q ily 8. a off tougher or potentially more
Associate Publisher specially trained olficers, dangerous animals. when
' Bob Graham one of them located in placed in uncomfortable
Editor-in-Chlet Burnaby, the other in Ab- positions. If you have a scra
Noel Wright botsford, Therefore, it , P

with one, youll lose.”

, Mana np Edhtor - usually takes some time for .
News Editor the man _ with the fal
Chris Uoyd tranquillizer gun to arrive. pose rs
Photos Adolph feels thefe always —
Ellsworth Dickson will be problems with black
“Advertising Director AGGRESSIVE bears on the North Shore. -FM Dolby - .
Eric Cardwell Last year 22 of the animals - power assisted transport syste: em :

In addition, a tranquillized were destroyed here. Three
“oath tea BR Coe te poe . >, wow and fl
aie 6 Sere arcmaili i NPI eo eit - Maiphis ex wermell wheat eee a qiutter = Io lowenough oy
is i Why Te uatlon.. ab PEA ALLY : ‘ te ore rémé: ‘levels els; nt located, . . a is . ne : a4 ~ wh a
. ’ wy ae eee Mette, Telly 7 : 4

an Francis Stress and discomfagt. Mainiy’” The "sa
aye micwa9 animals dic, when leased, probably. be berieelll this

Classitied ob
Berni Hilliard asa result. year

Administration
Andrew Watters

“o-~'gignal'te nolséra

Compare with any $400.00 Deck ;
THE

pace? DQQ_ 95

Bears are normally
destroyed by shooting, he

Accou ‘ i
Syvie Senne on . continues, for the following The only way to avoid

“reasons: being bothered, he suggests,
is to remove anything that
North Shore News, founded in —If the animal appears will attract bears and build a

1969 Ban independent | overly possessive (reluctant fence around your property.
- fled under Schedule 111, | to run off, holds its ground ‘

. e at 1 1 a Fararaph - a Val the and issues warning noises).
a fe ax 8 o .
Wednesday and Sunday by he . . It is not our policy as a

North Shore Free Press Ltd. and —If it is up a tree, with a government agency,” he

distributed to every door on the gathering crowd and no. declares, “to decimate the
Nocttonen Nambers6a5 Mai | apparent escape route black bear population.

making it confused, We're in a ‘damned if we do
aggressive and ngcrous and damned if we don’t’
VERIFIED CIRCULATION (usually the fault of the position.

‘ 4 9 5 0 3 people, not the bear).
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‘ -—When the bear turns up
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city bear’ with nowhere else the risks by controlling the
to go for food. overpopulation.

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