Thursday 22 October 2020

Pregnant woman fends off coyotes in Woolastook Park

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Methinks Higgy and Mikey Holland should ask their Irving buddies or the all knowing liberal Robert Kitchen and the spindoctor/RCMP shill "Ray Oliver" why the wild life are coming to town N'esy Pas?

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Pregnant woman fends off coyotes in Woolastook Park

One dog bitten during incident in park southwest of Fredericton, fire official says

 

Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Oct 21, 2020 11:27 AM AT

 


A pregnant woman had to be checked out at hospital after she and her dogs encountered coyotes in Woolastook Park, a 30-minute drive southwest of Fredericton. (City of Calgary)

A woman who is nine months pregnant was able to fend off three or four coyotes that surrounded her and her two dogs while she was out walking in Woolastook Park on Tuesday morning, says Chief Murray Crouse of the Upper Kingsclear Fire Department. 

"They were surrounded by three or four coyotes that surrounded and tried to get the dogs," Crouse said Wednesday.

The woman was able to call 911 for help and kept scaring away the coyotes from her and the dogs, he said. 

"She got off the trail trying to protect the dogs, and she didn't know for a few minutes where she was. Of course, in all the excitement I could see that happening."

Crouse said the coyotes were gone when his department arrived at the park southwest of Fredericton, but firefighters found one of the dogs had been bitten. 

"We took it in to the vet and dropped it off there, and she went to get checked out at the hospital as well because she was nine months pregnant."

Crouse said there are coyotes in the area that can be heard howling at night. Some cats in the area have disappeared. 

"But as far as attacking when there's people there no, I never … it's the first time I come across that." 

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David Amos 
Methinks Higgy should ask Mikey Holland and their Irving buddies why the wild life are coming to town N'esy Pas?
 
 
Ray Oliver 
Reply to @David Amos: Woolastook Park is not town. You should find the # for the Coyote give him a call and some advice! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Haroldson 
 !2 gauge shotgun works good in that situation.
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: 12...or 10
 
 
Miso Honey
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Have you asked the park owners if they are okay with you walking around with a shotgun at their campground ?
 
 
John Grail
Reply to @Miso Honey: Gun owners typically don't care what other people think...
 
 
John Grail
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: So would dog spray. Coyotes are generally opportunists.
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @Miso Honey: I am in our own park, it's called rural, and it changes every time you set foot in it.
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @John Grail: Yup, dogs, curs, masters of the multiverse .
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @John Grail: Not when they are getting mouthed at..
 
 
Robert Kitchen
Reply to @John Grail: Really I'm a gun owner could you expand on your comment and explain to me how you came to this conclusion ? Is it because I own guns I don't have to worry about what people think ? Wow !
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Robert Kitchen: Methinks as a liberal politician you should be concerned about what I thought of your libel N'esy Pas?
 
 
Robert Kitchen
Reply to @David Amos: Again your making comments that are misinformed. Wrong Robert Kitchen. So try another angle big shooter. By the way I'm as conservative as it gets. Good Luck ! Methinks you are very transparent, N'esy Pas?
 
 
Dave Shimla 
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: around my neighborhood we snare them to keep the numbers low. We have alot of cats/dogs chickens , calves, and sheep go missing every year. Hammering them with a 243 works well too ;)
 
 
Dave Shimla
Reply to @Robert Kitchen: John grail is a religious vegan, those people don't care what other people think
 
 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-bear-destroyed-public-safety-risk-1.5729311

  

Bear, 2 cubs destroyed in Fredericton park after being deemed a public safety risk

Bears were in Odell Park for two days, and rangers couldn't get close enough to tranquilize them

 

Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Sep 18, 2020 1:28 PM AT

 


Department of Natural Resources and Energy staff euthanized a sow and two cubs in Fredericton's Odell Park on Sunday after they were deemed a risk to public safety. (CBC file photo)

Three bears — a sow and her two cubs — were destroyed Sunday night by forest rangers with the Department of Natural Resources after spending the weekend near houses in a Fredericton neighbourhood and then in a city park.

The bears were deemed a risk to public safety, Kristian Moore, the executive director of the department's natural resources division, said Friday. 

"It's regrettable that the bears had to be euthanized and that is always a last resort. You know, staff don't like having to euthanize an animal." 

Moore told CBC's Information Morning Fredericton the bears were first seen Saturday morning in a tree along Golf Club Road.

City police closed the road to traffic while Natural Resources staff monitored the situation.

And here’s Mama

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12:32 PM · Sep 12, 2020

He said the three bears couldn't be tranquilized that day because the bears were beyond the maximum 50 metres range of the equipment. Staff safety also had to be considered.

"We couldn't get close enough to use the tranquilizer dart."

On Sunday, forest rangers were called to Odell Park, and found the same bears about 30 metres up a tree. 

Moore said the rangers stayed on site and monitored the situation all day.

"Again, the consideration was to, if an opportunity provided itself, to use the tranquilizer dart."

But with the bears in the tree and the limits of the tranquilizer gun, a live trap was set up in the hopes the bears would enter it. But by dark they hadn't, and Moore said the decision was made to destroy the bears instead. 

"These bears are obviously acclimatized to public areas and, you know, they weren't looking to find their way to the woods, and most likely would travel to an adjacent home or owners' properties or further into the city the following day."

Moore said that although Odell Park is forested, it is frequented by joggers, hikers and cyclists, and overall is a busy place for recreational use.


Department of Natural Resources and Energy staff had set up a live trap but the bears did not go in it. ((CBC))

 

"Public safety is always paramount and in this case, as I said, there was a concern for public given the proximity of homes and businesses." 

While it depends on the circumstance, Moore said Natural Resources tries to relocate bears that get too close to homes and businesses after they've identified a food source. 

"If a food source is removed then then the bears move on."

"If that's not the case and we can get into a situation where we can tranquilize, in this case, a bear, we will do that. And then the last, obviously the last resort is to euthanize a bear." 

Moore said all actions taken by department staff are done against the backdrop of public safety, but he understands why the public gets upset when they hear rangers have had to put down animals.

"People have that feeling of wildlife and and that's understandable."

Moore said the province has a healthy population of bears estimated at 18,000 to 20,000. Because of the high yield for berries and nuts in 2019, bears were very healthy when they went into hibernation. 

"The result was this year, in 2020, we see a lot of female bears with two and a lot of cases, three cubs. So the bear population is doing very well in New Brunswick." 

About the Author

Gail Harding

Web Writer

Gail Harding began her career as a journalist in the newspaper industry before joining CBC as a web writer.

With files from Information Morning Fredericton

 

 

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Daniel Lyons 
Shame... no forests, no shelter, no food. Bears are amongst us because there are no forests to provide food and shelter and they know where there are people, there will also be food. These scenarios will be more and more common. 
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Daniel Lyons: This is NB not southern Ontario. We have vast undeveloped land. Unfortunate yes, but not a regular occurrence..
 
 
Daniel Lyons 
Reply to @Ray Oliver: So since it is "undeveloped land" then lets go cut it all down, leave a big mess that provides no benefit to any creature and everything will be fine? Is that land now developed? Typical NB thinking.
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Daniel Lyons: They should've shot all 3 ASAP and not wasted 2 days hows that for NB thinking
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Daniel Lyons: if you think that our entire province is a barren clear cut wasteland then ive got a bridge to sell you
 
 
Daniel Lyons 
Reply to @Ray Oliver: It is becoming a vast clear cut. Even the hillbillies will have nowhere to hide. Hahaha
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @Daniel Lyons: It's the citybillies we need to worry about.
 
 
Daniel Lyons
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Everything that walks on two legs upright and believes itself to be the end-all-be-all needs to be worried about. Ignorance and superstition are no longer excuses in the 21st century. 
 
 
 
 

Rangers kill bear near Fredericton walking trail

Large black bear reported in tree behind Devon Lumber

 
CBC News · Posted: Aug 24, 2020 6:06 PM AT
 
 

Forest rangers responded to a report of a large black bear in a tree on Fredericton's north side on Sunday morning. (Walther Bernal/CBC)
 

Forest rangers killed a large black bear near a busy walking trail on Fredericton's north side on Sunday afternoon.

Rangers responded around 5 a.m. to a report of the bear in a tree near the walking trail behind Devon Lumber, by the Nashwaak River, said Mélanie Sivret, a spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources.

The bear stayed in place into the afternoon.

"As the trail was becoming quite busy in the afternoon, at around 2 p.m. a decision was made to immobilize the bear by using tranquilizer darts," Sivret wrote in an email.

Staff tranquilized the bear at about 2:30 p.m.

Sivret said the bear did not appear to be recovering after the tranquilizer wore off.

The bear was then killed. 

 

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Bill Vasseur 
Another trophy for Natural Resources Minister Mike Holland, he's probably very proud of his Rangers!!!  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Janice small
We invade their territory then we shoot them...
 
 
Randy McNally 
Reply to @Janice small: Invasion of their territory is secondary - First a certain company devastates their natural habitat with wood harvesting equipment, a forest which in lot of cases belongs to the crown/to the people. Then, that certain wood company sells it abroad for an enormous profit.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Haroldson
As if entitled hikers couldn't forgo their trail for a day or so till the bear vacated the premises. Could've hired a game warden to watch it till it did, instead of wasting them surveilling the provincial borders. Do you suppose it's death had anything to do with falling from a tree while unconscious?
 
 
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: For someone who claims to love hunting so much you think you'd know that a Ranger is not going to sit and monitor a bear all day on the taxpayer dime.
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: Yup , they'll just keep watching the NS/PEI/QUE border, instaed of doing their real job.PS. I don't hunt bears.
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Grail
Top notch team you have there. Torment the bear with drugs then kill it...Lovely.
 
 
Reply to @John Grail: The 25 or so foot fall probably didn't do any good either. In the U.S they set up a net first.
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Big moose' spotted in downtown Fredericton

Second moose on the loose in city since June

 
Jordan Gill · CBC News · Posted: Oct 19, 2019 4:59 PM AT 
 
 

A moose drew onlookers in downtown Fredericton on Saturday. (Submitted by Danny Carson)

A moose running around downtown Fredericton drew onlookers Saturday afternoon.

The moose was first seen around Liverpool Street, up the hill in Fredericton, but was later spotted walking down Smythe Street.

It was finally cornered in the parking lot of the NBCC corporate offices at the corner of Smythe and Saunders streets.

It wasn't something Danny Carson expected to see on his walk with his dog.

"[I] just kind of looked over and saw a big moose," he said.

A Fredericton police spokesperson said the department was aware of the issue but would not confirm if they were on scene. The spokesperson said it was a provincial matter.

CBC News has reached out to the province but has yet to receive a reply.


Carson said he couldn't be sure who was there, but there appeared to be people keeping the animal cornered. He said he didn't see anybody with a rifle.

"I'm not quite sure what they were doing, but they were making sure it didn't go back to the road," said Carson.

This isn't the first time a moose has been sighted in residential areas in Fredericton this year.

In June, a moose was spotted in Wilmot Park. It was tranquilized and moved to another area.

 

 
 
 
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Diana Austin 
"A Fredericton police spokesperson said the department was aware of the issue but would not confirm if they were on scene. The spokesperson said it was a provincial matter."
Am I the only one who finds this an extremely odd reaction by the Fredericton Police Department?
 
 
 
 
 
Omer Samson 
Higgs still complaining about Quebec's pipeline, while avoiding French and cheap Quebec Hydro like the plague. Moose looking for a job in the circus.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne Bérubé
Was Trudeau visiting?
 
 
Marguerite Deschamps 
Reply to @Anne Bérubé: He was heading for the Legislative building wanting to have a talk with th elusive Higgs Bozon about the CONservatives and his boss wrecking his habitat.
 
 
Troy Murray 
Reply to @Anne Bérubé: weasels don’t get that big
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Sad thing that at the end of tomorrow, 70% of Canadians ore not going to be happy, that is the best case scenario.
 
 
 

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