After trying a number of hazing strategies, officials will begin trapping and removing about 10 bears from the Jasper townsite in Jasper National Park.
For several weeks now, at least 10 black bears have been – as Jasper National Parks officials put it – "making use" of Jasper and the abundant fruit in the town's greenspaces and yards. The number includes two mothers with cubs.
"The continuous presence of bears in the townsite, often in residential yards just metres from people, is an unacceptable safety risk for visitors and residents." "Bears will be humanely caught using live traps and will be taken to remote areas of the park," the park said, stressing that the strategy isn't guaranteed to work.
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