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Bears
WILD WEDNESDAY: Some ways to avoid attracting bears to your yard this spring
With spring right around the corner, WildSafeBC is reminding everyone to take down their bird…
Deer deaths increasing on Westside
KELOWNA – Conflicts are down with bears on the Westside but there are growing problems…
Bear sightings rise in Okanagan as temperature drops
OKANAGAN – Seasonal changes are bringing bears into the Okanagan’s urban areas. Several bear sightings…
WILD WEDNESDAY: Why leaving water out for wildlife isn’t a good idea
With hot and dry conditions humans aren't the only ones looking for ways to stay…
VIDEO: Why B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops wants your old cologne
KAMLOOPS – WildSafeBC conducted another bear-resistant bin testing earlier this week, a program that certifies…
Electric fence provides shocking experience for foraging bears
OKANAGAN – To a hungry bear, nothing says go away like an electric shock to…
Two young bears trapped and put down in Juniper Ridge
KAMLOOPS – Two young bears known to frequent the Juniper Ridge neighbourhood lost their natural…
Pair of bear cubs wandering Kamloops neighbourhood looking for your garbage
KAMLOOPS – A pair of bear cubs sniffing out garbage in an east Kamloops neighbourhood…
Things you should know about Halloween in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Halloween in the Okanagan is marked by pop-up costume stores, haunted houses, corn…
Relocating three North Okanagan grizzlies was ‘the last resort’
VERNON – Over the weekend, conservation officers tranquilized and relocated three grizzly bears — a…
Family of bears put down after roaming through Kamloops neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS – As many as three bears have been killed in the Rayleigh neighbourhood of…
Save the life of a bear; don’t let your yard be a source of food
KAMLOOPS – After reports of bears in the Juniper Ridge area unphased by humans, the…
Here’s how many bears were killed in the North Okanagan this year, and why
VERNON – You may have heard the saying ‘a fed bear is a dead bear’…
Campers reminded to properly store food and other wildlife attractants
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Don’t put yourself, your fellow campers and surrounding wildlife in danger by being…
Hungry bears up and about looking for food in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Hibrenating black bears are waking up and they have one thing on their…
Bear with two cubs spotted at Kelowna Airport
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Airport sees its share of visitors but nothing like the three spotted there recently. A mother black bear and two cubs were seen three times between the highway and the long term parking lot over the past three weeks, according to airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes. “There have been no encounters with...
HELSTON: Hundreds of bears die every year for this stupid reason
This goes out to anyone who’s left their garbage out and had a bear get into it; you might as well have put a bullet through its head. It sounds harsh, I know, but hundreds of bears across B.C. are killed by conservation officers every year because they’ve grown habituated to garbage. Sorry to break...
Bears are waking up and looking for food in the North Okanagan
VERNON - The Conservation Service is reminding the public to minimize attractants as bears come out of hibernation and start looking for food. Conservation officer Mike Richardson says the number of bear complaints has already started to climb in the North Okanagan. “They’re definitely awake and coming out of their dens,” Richardson says. On Monday,...