Media Advisory
Roaming Bear Causing Concern in Lake Echo/Porter’s Lake
(Friday, September 24/04)--
Councillor David Hendsbee is urging residents in the Lake Echo/Porter’s
Lake area to exercise extreme caution in light of the number of
reported bear sightings in recent months.
A roaming bear has been frequently visiting the area between the
Ponderosa Drive, Lake Echo, to O'Connell Drive , Porters Lake, over
the last few months.
With school now back in for the 2004/05 academic year, the Nova
Scotia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has advised officials
at O'Connell Drive Elementary School to warn students not to take
lunches outdoors during recess or on lunch hour breaks.
Councillor Hendsbee said a DNR bear trap has been set-up locally,
and a registered licensed bear hunter has set a bear-bait site to
tranquillize the animal if found.
He said DNR has also conducted a local street canvas to alert the
residents about the need to store their Green Carts in garages and/or
sheds between collections, until the bear has been captured.
Residents are asked to place the Green Cart or bags of garbage out
for collection on the morning of collection day and not the night
before. The spraying of the inside of a green cart with a mild cleaning
solution will reduce the odours that attract bears.
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More information, please contact Mike Coady, of the Nova Scotia
Department of Natural Resources, at 1-902-384-2290 or the local
DNR office in Musquodoboit Harbour at 899-2332.
Councillor David Hendsbee
(902) 483-0705
