“I didn’t want to go outside and our cat was sleeping on the chair over there, so she was hiding,” he told Global News.“I kind of felt sorry for it because it looked really scrawny and kind of hungry,” Trainer said.
This is the time of year when hungry bears come out of hibernation, looking for food, but there is increased bear activity in the South Okanagan community and it’s being blamed on residents leaving garbage bins out overnight.Story continues below advertisement The problem is so widespread that it prompted the District of Summerland to launch an education campaign in an effort to remind people that garbage should only be taken out after 5 a.m. on the day of pickup.
“What we’ve done in just in the last few weeks, our bylaw officers worked several nights over the course of two weeks and actually gave warnings out to people, as well as bear smart information to make people aware that we have this challenge and they’re part of the solution,” said Graham Statt, chief administrative officer for the District of Summerland.
Statt said in those two weeks, bylaw officers handed out 650 warnings to homeowners in the Giant’s Head area, Trout Creek and Cartwright Mountain.
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