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Our neighbors Marlene and Robert Krasic have had their own experience with an enterprising bear in recent weeks, very possibly the same one that visited us. When they discovered that a bear was raiding their llama pen for food, they immediately did the right thing - they started securing the food at night,and now even take in their bird feeders. And just to make sure that we were not contributing to our neighborhood bear issue, Clay and I stopped putting out food scraps in our compost pile.
Anyone who reads Rappnet knows that this is not just a problem in Keyser Hollow this year. People from all over the county are talking about bears, and the season for issues in orchards has not yet anived.
Does this represent an overall increase in bear encounters? State Bear Project Leader Sajecki said her department has received numerous complaints this year from many areas, but they have not yet had time to do an analysis of how this compares to previous years. In Shenandoah National Park, Wildlife Biologist Atkinson has not noted any unusual increase in complaints from hikers or campers, but he is spending much of his time hazing bears away from Skyline Drive, since three bears have been killed by cars within the Park so far this year.
Retired Game Warden Bankston
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