{"id":11643,"date":"2018-04-05T09:07:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T13:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=11643"},"modified":"2018-04-05T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T13:09:59","slug":"se-opp-warn-of-spring-and-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/05\/se-opp-warn-of-spring-and-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"SE OPP &#8211; Warn of Spring and Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Apr 5, 2018 @ 09:07<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments are reminding\u00a0residents to do their part to avoid human-bear interactions this spring, and encouraging them to check around their homes and remove the most popular bear attractants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>April is the beginning of bear season and with it comes an increase in bear sightings in urban areas. As bears wake up after a winter of hibernation, they are faced with a scarcity of natural food sources, leading black bears to forage for food in garbage cans and bird feeders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Top tips for preventing bears from visiting your neighborhood include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Storing garbage in waste containers with tight-fitting lids<\/li>\n<li>Putting out garbage only on the morning of pickup<\/li>\n<li>Filling bird feeders, including seed, suet and nectar, only during the winter when bears are hibernating<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning food residue and grease from outdoor barbecue grills after each use<\/li>\n<li>Keeping pet food indoors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bears that enter your community are not necessarily a threat, but it is important to know who to call during a bear encounter. For non-emergencies, the province operates a toll-free Bear Wise reporting line (1-866-514-2327). The line is open 24\/7 from April 1 to November 30 to provide useful information and best practices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If a bear is posing an immediate threat by exhibiting threatening or aggressive behaviour, call 911 or your local police.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUICK FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since 2004, Ontario&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/report-bear-problem-bear-wise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bear Wise<\/a> program has been educating people on how to avoid attracting bears and how to prevent human-bear interactions.<\/li>\n<li>Bears will remember their last source of food and return there when hungry, sometimes travelling over 100 kilometers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 5, 2018 @ 09:07 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments are reminding\u00a0residents to do their part to avoid human-bear interactions this spring, and encouraging them to check around their homes and remove the most popular bear attractants. &nbsp; April is the beginning of bear season and with it comes an increase in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1369],"class_list":["post-11643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-bear"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 20:31:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11644,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions\/11644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}