ELKFORD, B.C. — A rare, white-coloured bear cub that has wandered back to a small town in southeastern B.C. to feast on the community's garbage will not be euthanized, say conservation officers.
"We are looking at alternate solutions here … perhaps a sanctuary placement or relocation," Sgt. Joe Caravetta said Thursday.
"I'd say one of the options is going to happen for sure."
He said a trap has been set for the cub, who was first spotted alongside its sibling, also white-coloured, near the small community of Elkford, B.C., in 2011.
At that time, officials said the bears had to be relocated because they had become bolder in their search for food and posed a public safety risk.
Now, however, one of the cubs has returned.
"She's been back now for about a week, week and a half, and she's getting herself into trouble in the garbage again," Duncan McDonald, Elkford's public works director, said in an interview Thursday.
McDonald said town residents have likely become a little careless in storing their garbage since the bears were moved.
The white-coloured fur of the black bear cub is linked to a recessive gene, Sgt. Caravetta said, and not a sign that the cub is linked to B.C.'s Kermode bear, also known as the "spirit bear," which are associated with coastal areas like Terrace and Prince Rupert.
Sgt. Caravetta said officers do not attempt to relocate many black bears because the population in B.C. is healthy, and a high percentage of bears that are moved return to their home territory or become problems in other communities.
"Once a black bear becomes a feeding-on-garbage bear, the chances of a successful relocation, as in this case and in other cases we've done in the past, are very slim," he said. "Therefore, we have to take the unpleasant task of euthanizing the bear."
However, because of the cub's unique colouring and community interest, Sgt. Caravetta said conservation officials are taking extra steps to try to find the bear a home, either in B.C. through another relocation attempt or potentially outside of B.C. at a sanctuary.
The Canadian Press
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