Garbage Tempts Bears: Stash Trash to Keep Bears Moving

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TRASH ENCOURAGES BEARS TO STAY: LEARN TO STASH IT 

Garbage is irresistible to a hungry black bear.  The presence of available garbage encourages bears to change their normal movement patterns and “hang out” in non-traditional range areas.  What can you do?  One of the first, and most important, things to do is to stash your trash to resolve potential human-bear conflicts. 

“Feeding bears, whether intentional or not, creates habituated bears,” explains Adam Hammond, wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. “When a bear learns that it can get a ‘free meal’ from garbage, it’s going to return again and again until eventually it loses its natural fear of humans, which can lead to potential conflict issues.” 

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