Originally Posted By: Teslinhiker
Where I live (BC Canada) the black bear population is estimated at 120 to 150 thousand black bears to the point for many, seeing a bear either in the urban or wild environment is more common then rare nowadays.

As the human population encroaches into bear territory, the human- wildlife conflicts occur and it is the bears who are inevitably on the losing end of the conflict.

A very large-scale problem: B.C. sees more than 20,000 human-wildlife conflicts in 2017.

Then having people like this really shows why so many bears have to be destroyed every year. IMO, the destroying should be the other way around...

From 4 days ago.

Video captures B.C. family hand-feeding black bears



Arrggh! This fine example of dubious human behaviour infuriates me.

In Saskatchewan, we find the odd black bear in the parks but not usually in the south. Back in the 1800's when the bison ruled the plains, there were numerous plains grizzlies to control the population. Ever since the bison have disappeared the blackies haven't moved into the south either.