A man was injured by a black bear in North Vancouver on Monday morning, according to the Conservation Officer Service.
Officers are advising the public to avoid the Richard Juryn trail network in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve after a man, walking by himself, encountered a bear along the Richard Juryn Trail around 8 a.m.
The bear followed the man for “some time,” the Conservation Office said, despite his attempts to scare it away.
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The bear then swiped at the victim’s leg, officers said and they were called to the area.
No bear has been found at this time.
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In coordination with Metro Vancouver Parks, the BCCOS asks the public to avoid the trail network until further notice and signs have been installed in the area.
Officers are continuing their investigation. Bear conflicts can be reported to the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277.
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The Richard Juryn trail network is basically within stones throw of housing, playing fields and kids parks.
There is an elementary school within 500m of these trails.
This isn’t the “woods”
Only an idiot would not want this bear removed one way or another.
Just like those coyotes in Stanley Park a dozen people and one child had to be injured before they acted.
At Anonymous. Let me guess single, never any kids living in a rental apartment in the west end with cats?
There is no shortage of black bears in BC. There are literally hundreds of thousands of them.
A cull on the North Shore mountains would teach them to fear humans a little more. Better for them in the long run?
To @anoymous… You have never been anywhere that does not have street lights, right?
You wet your self even thinking about such a dangerous activity, right?
I hope the Vancouver SPCA sent someone out to counsel that bear not be wanting to eat junk food.
Poor bear. I wonder if the so called “conservation “officers will be armed to kill all the bears. All trails should say you walk here at your own risk , due to bears, cigars and other wild animals. In my view all Forrest areas should be closed to people. The animals need to roam freely without the idiot public roaming around.
Propaganda fluff piece to distract from Carney’s failure to get a deal.
There’s too many people (mostly women) who think that bears are cute and cuddly. They’d lose their collective minds if bears were culled.
There is no shortage of black bears in BC. Apparently there are over 175,000 of them, growing in number every year.
A significant percentage of them only exist and propagate because they live off human and urban environments.
Do a cull.