BEAR SAFETY TIPS [serious]

neonfish07 · 08-01-2005, 02:55 AM

Bear safety tips

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources warns that bears can be attracted to homes and cabins by garbage and bird feeders. Pet food, charcoal grills, fruit trees and gardens can also attract bears. Once a bear finds food around your home, it's likely to return.

To minimize bear problems, the DNR offers these suggestions.

If you're at home or at the cabin:

• Reduce garbage odors. Rinse food cans and wrappers before disposal.

• Compost vegetable scraps.

• Keep meat scraps in your freezer until garbage pickup day.

• Wash garbage cans regularly and use lime to cut odors.

• Keep garbage cans in a bear-proof container or in a garage until the morning of pickup.

• Remove bird feeders in the spring. If you persist in feeding birds during the summer, remove seed, suet and hummingbird feeders at night.

• Keep pet food inside.

• Keep barbecue grills and picnic tables clean.

• Use an electric fence to keep bears out of beehives, sweet corn, fruit trees and berry patches. Barking dogs, bright lights and noisemakers will sometimes discourage bears as well.

If a bear comes into your yard:

• Leave bears in trees alone.

• Don't panic, don't shoot and don't approach the bear.

• Most bears fear people and will leave when they see you. But, if a bear woofs, snaps its jaws, slaps the ground or brush or bluff charges, you are too close. Back away slowly. Go inside and wait for the bear to leave.

If a bear refuses to leave:

• Make loud noises or throw something to scare it away.

• Always allow the bear an escape route.

If the bear is treed:

• Leave it be. The bear will usually go away when it feels safe.

• Leave the area.

• Remove your dog.

If you're camping:

• Don't store food in tents. Store it in a car trunk or cabin.

• Pick up garbage and fish remains promptly every evening.

SOURCE:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

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