Bear vs. rabbit in downtown
Editor:
At 8 a.m. last Saturday (May 19) I had just finished walking my dogs at the off-leash park near Quarry Lake, so I decided to walk downtown to pick up a weekend paper. I dropped off my bearspray at home, picked up some money and headed into town with the dogs (on leash). Just as I was at the town end of the pedestrian bridge over the Bow River, a good-sized, glossy black bear appeared from my left chasing a rabbit along River Road. The bear hesitated briefly until a couple of cars on Bridge Road came to a quick halt, then it proceeded to cross the road before veering down to Eighth Avenue, all the while chasing after its breakfast.
I’ve enjoyed telling my bear story since, but on a more serious note it was a prime example of how our Canmore rabbits continue to attract wildlife into residential areas. In addition, it showed me that there is nothing foolish about bringing your bearspray with you when you plan to walk into or around town.
Nel Keith,
Canmore
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Post On: June 5, 2012
Posted by User #: Stan Williams
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It's only a matter of time before a person gets between the predator and its prey, and becomes the prey themselves. Pray that it's not a child. Those well-meaning people who thought they could save the bunnies and still live with predators (that like to eat the bunnies) really don't know the laws of the jungle-the boreal jungle. The bunnies are just as great an attractant as garbage or crabapples. And it will be the big predators that will pay the ultimate price for keeping the bunnies around.