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Article: BRITISH COLUMBIA MELP: Special bear advisory for hunters -- Be Bear Aware.
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- M2 Presswire
- Article date:
- September 16, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 September 1998-BRITISH COLUMBIA MELP: Special bear advisory for hunters -- Be Bear Aware (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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WILLIAMS LAKE - The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks is asking hunters to be cautious of bears as hunting season gets underway in the Cariboo. There have already been a number of bear-human encounters within the region and in other remote areas of the province since hunting season opened earlier this month.
This is the time of year when bears look for food to fatten up for hibernation. With their keen sense of hearing and smell, bears can easily locate freshly killed game and are not ...