Spring has arrived and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service has started to receive calls for service regarding black bears that have wandered into residential areas.
Residents are reminded to keep garbage secure and inaccessible to animals. The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service works closely with The Ministry of Natural Resources to monitor the incidents of sightings and coordinate a response. Members of the public are urged to contact the Police and The Ministry of Natural Resources Bear Wise Hotline to report encounters.
In an emergency situation where a bear poses an immediate threat to public safety, people are encouraged to call 911 immediately. These situations may include a bear that is;
Entering a school yard when school is in session,
Stalking people and lingering at a site,
Entering or trying to enter a residence,
Wandering into a public gathering, and;
Killing livestock/pets and lingering at the site.
For all non-emergency encounters citizens are encouraged to call the toll-free Bear Wise hotline at 1-866-514-2327 (TTY 705-945-7641). These situations may include a bear that is;
Roaming around, checking garbage cans,
Breaking into a shed where garbage or food is stored,
In a tree,
Pulling down a bird feeder or knocking over a barbecue, and;
Moving through a backyard or field but is not lingering.
Trained staff with The Ministry of Natural Resources can provide advice about black bear behaviour, how to avoid human-bear conflicts, and how to remove attractants from your property to reduce your chances of an encounter.
The Bear Wise program provides advice to municipalities, the public, and other stakeholders about what they can do to keep black bears away from urban and semi-urban areas and how to manage problem bears. Visit Ontario.ca/bearwise for tips on how to reduce the chances of an encounter and to learn more about bears.
Remember, it only takes one property where attractants are not managed carefully to draw bears into a neighbourhood. Everyone must work together to help keep attractants to a minimum and reduce the likelihood of an encounter.
Please stop with your exaggerated tales! Black bears are peaceful, shy animals! Hunters have injured and killed more people! Maybe read about different species of bears and their behaviors! Plesse stop spewing innacurate and fallacious untruths! Its quite maddening
That’s awesome. Just realized that is my yard we have painted the shed since LOL
If people are truly concerned the Bear program is excellent for raising awareness/ proper ways of handling confrontation!
Black bears can be extremely dangerous and have been. Joe unfortunately mistaken there were two people killed by black bears last summer. Distance = safety Cary bear spray go too bebearaware.org to learn more
Please know what you are talking about before you start sharing fallacious information. They are not dangerous they are shy, timid animals! Respect their space as you would any wild animal
This is why i dont hike anymore Jay Bee Tee Tee
no reason to stop hiking because of bears. You can bring a whistle or bear spray. A bear will run the other way to avoid contact with people. Be aware, as you would with any wild animal, that if you stumble upon mama with her cubs, back up slowly and get out of her way. It is NOT their nature to attack. Please educate yourself before sharing misinformation or exaggerations!
Tiffany! It begins!
Oh good! Can’t wait to late night walk and hear something and and think “am I going to get robbed” or now “am I going to get mauled by a bear”
You should fear your neighbor or stranger much more than a black bear !! No need for all this fear mongering! Look up statistics – theatrics not necessary
Fun days ahead! ❤️
Tiph when was the last time you were even near wooded area lol
they are in town!!!! And whenever the last time I was at your house hahaha
So like 7 or 8 monthes lol I think you’ll be safe
you’re the first person I haunt when I get mauled and die.
Be smart and respect their space as you would any wild animal ! You exaggerations and hysterics are not necessary!! Educate yo yourself!!!
Thank Dio it’s still winter where I’m heading and I don’t have to worry about bears!
Hahaha I look forward it… besides they are just going to think Benny’ s a short little brother or something
I like to think of him as average height.
Don’t kid yourself. You’re both below average.
Marilyn Phillips
Where in and around Soo…. town, east north ?
I can’t wait to pet one!
Good luck with that!
I wanna go give them scritches
What the heck are scritches Erin Matson?
Anthony Albidone scratches on the head and behind the ears LOL
Oh sorry we speak English here in Ontario, don’t know your Alberta gibberish 🤣
Erin Matson did you know mike played with a baby bear cub when he worked the ramp at the Edmonton airport? They were rescued and being transported to a refuge and they got to play with them for awhile before they loaded them on the plane.
I have one that hangs around my property he’s like a big dog I can call him and he will come out of the woods and my mom got to actually pet him behind his ear
Why would you try to pet a powerfulanimal like that?? As with animal it could be startled and try to protect itself! If someone gets hurt due to irresponsable behavior – the animal will be killed – enjoy from a distance please!
Soo are the Beers.
Black bears are almost a zero threat to humans honestly. I’ve been within 10 feet of a black bear before and it ended up running away from me before I knew what was going on. Brown bears and grizzlies you should worry about but black bears no.
Trying getting that close when they have a cub near by!
That’s a grizzly bear trait. Not a black bear trait. Predatory male black bears account for almost all attacks.
you got lucky..very lucky
my father and son were four wheeling on our property and they stopped so little one can take a pee and when he turned around mama was racing threw the bushes coming after my dad and son because she had 2 little cubs . They didn’t even see mama but she saw them ! Was a scary time for my kid . Ugh
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