bears again

I actually tried to post this a couple of days ago but when I hit "publish post" it disappered into cyberspace. It turned up later but not before I republished it. I shall learn how this waoks, some day!

So Wednesday a bear raided the garbage bin of the house across the street and dragged one of the bags over to feast on my lawn. She came back in the evening for a second go at it but the light was too dim to take a good photo of her, although there was plenty of her.

I thought that they might pick up their garbage, but no such luck. So I got some disposable rubber gloves from the hospital and rebagged the debris. As I did it I became more and more disgusted. These folks do not recycle and the garbage was totally junk food. Nothing had been rinsed so it was a bear's delight. They love leftover Kentucky Fried Chicken and stciky MacDonald's wraps.

I took the bag across the street and left it by their front door. It is still there.

Of course the poop-and-scoop bylaw does not apply to bears. On the other hand they were here first and we didn't sign any treaties with the bears.

garbage bear

This garbage belongs to the people across the street. A large sow bear broke into their garbage bin and brought the bag to my lawn before setting into the feast yesterday morning. She came back in the evening, but the light was too far gone for me to take a picture. The bear passed within six feet of the house. Anyway, I got some rubber gloves from the hospital and picked up the garbage this afternoon. It was totally junk food, and it had not been separated for recycling. I was disgusted. I rebagged the garbage and left it by their front door. As for the bear, the berry crop is very poor this year so the bears are looking for food. They were, after all, here first and they didn't sign any treaties.