The Bear-Wise hotline run by the Ministry of Natural Resources was a lot busier this year than last year.
The M.N.R. has released its year-end statistics and
ministry spokesperson Jolanta Kowalski says there were over 24 hundred calls to the toll-free line in 2005, compared to 18 hundred last year.
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Kenora had the largest number of nuicence bear complaints with over 430.
Dryden had 253, while Fort Frances had 184.
