A bear trap has been set up in Kamloops's Valleyview neighbourhood by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Darcy Anderson
April 29, 2022 - 4:30 PM
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service has put out a trap for a bear that has moved into a Kamloops neighbourhood along the South Thompson River.
The bear climbed up from the river in the middle of April and hasn't left.
Darcy Anderson's home is on the riverbank and the bear sleeps in a tree mere metres away from his front deck.
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He said typically bears move along up the river, but this one appears to have no intention of leaving.
Out of concern for the safety of those in his neighbourhood, especially children, Anderson, along with several neighbours, called the conservation officer service, April 21, and reported the bear.
“On April 23 (conservation) officers came and dropped a trap at the end of a main road,” Anderson said. “So far I haven't heard of any bear activity happening around the trap."
A bear in a tree along the South Thompson River in Kamloops's Valleyview neighbourhood taken April 19, 2022.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Darcy Anderson
Anderson calls the bruin a problem bear.
“We always have bears go through here, it isn’t an issue,” he said. “This one walks around the neighbourhood without a care and will not be shooed away.”
The trap is set up under some trees between the end of a road and the riverbank.
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"I’m not sure what it is baited with,” Anderson said. “I didn't talk to the conservation officers after the initial call, but I doubt it is for relocating this bear. I believe once it is caught it will be euthanized as I don’t think this bear can be reintegrated successfully back into the wild, it is too used to humans."
B.C. Conservation Officer Service has not yet responded to requests for comment.
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