Hungry black bears moving into Valleyview and Juniper neighborhoods
KAMLOOPS — Valleyview residents have had a new neighbour in the community. A black bear has been spotted coming out of his den just up the hill side from homes in the area. Residence say the bear has been coming a little too close for comfort, climbing into backyards several times. But what was most surprising for some, was how early the bear started coming around.
“From my experience, normally from the middle to end of May is when you would see a bear running around, and I saw this guy in the middle of February, you know when he first popped his head out of that hole up there,” said Valleyview resident, Scott Lovell.
“It was almost a daily routine where I would have to go up on the hill to pick up garbage cause he was dragging all the garbage that he would gather together from the neighborhood garbage cans, he would drag that up the hill and break the bags open and then it would blow around all over the place.”