TIPS TO KEEP BEARS OUT
grates or bars. Screens don't keep out bears.OTHER BLACK BEAR FACTSbear or block escape routes.enclosure or container. Obey all local regulations.bears running.Any witnesses are asked to contact Det Con Stephen Jones of Calderdale CID on 0845 6060606.- Bears follow their super-sensitive noses to anything that smellslike food, and can follow scents from up to five miles away.CDOW office. If a bear presents an immediate threat to humanIt follows the incident yesterday, at 5.26am when a white van was driven into a garage door of a commercial premises on Elland Road.The fire began when the owner of the 1937 Rolls Royce used a charger to jump start the car's battery. When he started the car again, he saw a flash under the vehicle, which was soon engulfed in flames. The man ran to a neighbor's house to get a fire extinguisher, but by the time he returned, the fire had spread out of control.Police in Elland are appealing for a pedal cyclist who may have witnessed the attempted burglar y.SOURCE: Colorado Division of Wildlifeopen window or door. Close and lock all bear-accessible windowsAdult females are called sows. Adult males are called boars. Youngsters are called cubs.to bed.- Don't store food of any kind in an unlocked garage, flimsyround door knobs that bears can't pull or push open.Get rid of attractantsshed or on or under your deck.- Keep garage doors and windows closed and locked at nightThe cause of the fire is undetermined, but the house, valued at $3.5 million, and the two vehicles were completely destroyed.Range: In Colorado, the largest populations of black bears live in areas where there is Gambel's oak and aspen, near open areas of chokecherry and serviceberry bushes. A black bear may have a range from 10 to 250 square miles- If you must leave downstairs windows open, install sturdy- If a bear enters your home, open doors and windows and- Don't leave trash out overnight unless it's in a bear-proofbanging on pots and pans or blowing an air horn sends mostopen when you're not outside. Install extra-sturdy doorsCubs will stay with the mother bear for their first year, denning with the mother and littermates over the winter. By the time of their second spring, they will be self-reliant and will separate from their mother by the second autumn.Firefighters en route to the 7:41 p.m. call reported a large, black column of smoke in the distance. When they arrived six minutes after the initial call, they found the Rolls and another car in the garage engulfed in fire, with flames rolling out the garage door. By the time they depolyed a hose, the fire was burning on the roof line.- Many bears that enter homes do so through an unlocked orand when you're not home. Don't leave your garage door standingmake sure it can leave the same way it got in. Don't approach theDiet: Black bears will learn to eat natural foods, such as berries, nuts and insects, as they are taught to forage by mother bears. People who live or camp in bear country need to be sure they don't teach bears to become "garbage" bears by careless handling of food, scraps and garbage. Bears who find human food, even once, can change their habits to seek food from human residences and trash cans. Most bears seen in residential areas near or within bear habitat do not cause any damage. If a bear doesn't find abundant food, it will move on.and doors when you leave the house, and at night before you goattractants in your garage.yourself and the bear a big favor, and scare it away. A confidentVisit www.wildlife.state.co.us/bears for more informationAfter confirming that no one was inside the house, the incident commander switched the engine company's initial offensive to a defensive attack due to the volume of fire and protected nearby exposures with deck guns and aerial appliances.- Bears are great climbers - remove any tree limbs that mightTeach bears they're not welcomeThe suspects fled empty-handed, but it is thought a cyclist in the area at the time of the incident could help police with their enquiries.provide access to upper level decks and windows.
SOURCE: Colorado Division of Wildlife
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