Bears good with that…totally
A couple in British Columbia have been ordered by the BC Ministry of the Environment to continue feeding a dozen or so black bears dog food until the bears go into hibernation. The couple were recently busted for growing pot in their back yard and allegedly used the bears as a security service. The bears were fed dog kibble and no one touched the crop…or so the police said. From the CBC:
Conservation officers eventually dismissed that (the security service) speculation but said the bears might have become too dependent on humans to go back to the wild and that some might have to be killed.
That prompted an Alberta woman to launch an online petition to pressure the government to come up with a plan to save the bears.
The petition worked and the bears will be fed dog kibble (by the couple) until November when then bears hibernate.
(Photo: Happy bears and happy RCMP officer!)
UPDATE: The pot that the bears were guarding and the Mounties confiscated? Was stolen from the Mounties…