The Ministry of Natural Resources says a poor berry crop this year is partly to blame for an increase in the number of nuicence bear complaints in northwestern Ontario.
The M.N.R. has just wrapped up its second annual Bear-Wise program and ministry spokesperson, Jolanta Kowalski says numbers across the province were higher this year than last.
N005 Q: …a siting. (22 secs.)
Kenora had the largest number of nuicence bear complaints followed by Dryden and Fort Frances.
Province-wide there were 24 hundred calls to the toll-free hotline, an increase of six hundred from the year before.
