10 — Sunday, September 25, 1994 - North Shore News

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INQUIRING REPORTER

THE CONSERVATION office reports that the number of
recorded bear sightings on the North Shore has more than
tripled so far this year. If you come face to face with a bear
you should neither run, climb a tree, nor drop to the ground
and play dead. What you should do is make yourself look as
large as possible — hold your coat or jacket open, stand
together if there’s more than one person, and don’t bend
down — and back away calmly. Once you get a safe distance
away, yell and clap hands. Do not minimize the possible

danger. Never approach a bear and never try te retrieve
something once a bear has it. Of course, the best thing to do
is to avoid getting into a face-to-face confrontation in the
first place. Make your presence known when hiking on local
mountains by wearing a bear bell. And don’t encourage
bears to your neighborhood by putting your garbage out
the night before it’s collected — put it out in the morning.
And finally, if you see a bear, report it to the conservation
office at 1-800-663-9453.

Would you know what to do if you came face to face with a bear?

Maria DeQuadros
North Vancouver
I would stand still. It’s bet-
ter to stay still because if
you're mobile he'll start

C.J. Vidito

North Vancouver

My instincts are to paralyze.
IH take my chances and
stand there and hope he’s

_Rory Morgan

Port Coquitlam
Pd run.

Steve Lobo

North Vancouver

I'd leave it alone. I'd proba-
bly remain motionless and
not try to scare it because if

Leslie Msher

Vancouver

I would lie down on the -
ground and play dead, or
else ['d probably run. I

chasing you. You can’t run. _more afraid of me.

SURVEY TEAM

THE NORTH Shore News survey team telephoned 458
North and West Vancouver residents to find out if they

would know what to do if they came face to face with
a bear. The following is a complete breakdown of the
survey results:

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