Bo Valley’s kids to stay bears clear of G7 to take berries

Certainly there will be no lions or tigers at the G7 Summit in Kananskis, Alta.

More than 5,000 participants are ready to enter the area over a few weeks, and the authorities are already working to establish security obstacles and clean the area of ​​anything that can attract bears to protect both people and animals.

Earlier this week, more than 200 local children began to demolish the Buffelobery bushes around Kananskis to separate the bear in the region.

Shiny red berries are quite popular with bears.

Traver Julian, Executive Director of Friends of Friends of Kananskis Country, said, “Buffelberries have not been excluded from and around the area in Kananskis for about 15 years. So there is a lot of them.”

Non-benefit, which mainly maintain trails around the region, was contacted by Global Affairs Canada last year to help with the environmental stability of the summit.

It was his idea to remove Bafelobary bushes.

Julian said, “This is what we suggested to him, that it would be a meaningful activity. This, one, is the ability to reduce the human-wolf struggle, but to engage the public and students,” Julian said.

Students with a scouts Canada group in Calgary took three days this week, which pulls the bushes down to their roots – because the berries have not blossomed yet. They have one and four days of work for the next week, and one and three days in the first week of June.

“We arrived in schools to see who was interested in participating, some service, a little more learning about the environment and wildlife conflict,” Julian said.

Bear hit on g8

Attempts to reduce wildlife-human contacts at the summit come after some lessons learned in 2002, when Kannaskis hosted that Russia was known as the G8 Summit before being expelled.

In 2002, a bear reached a tree very close to the leaders and was pacified.

“He (this) shot, so it will be taken to a pure place,” said John Kirton, a professor of political science and director of the G7 Research Group at the University of Toronto, so it will be taken to a pure place. “

“But (bear) missed, fell to the ground and died.”

Alberta Ministry officials have plans to fennel around the attraction of the bear, as well as a electric fence to keep the bear out.

Sheena Campbell, Communications Director of the Ministry, said, “Wildlife is expected to be present in the surrounding environment, and primary focus will often be on the prevention of wildlife and major features of the event or the main features of events or any close encounter between the major facilities or areas.”

“Employees continue to provide guidance on the development of strict protocols for managing food -attracted people, ensuring that these attractions are properly stored and settled to prevent any accidental attraction of wildlife.”

Julian said that delegates will also receive a crash course on wildlife awareness.

“Traine representatives – you know, people who are not habit of being a bear in the country, where you are essentially between grizzly bears and black bears – what are the best things you can do to avoid struggle and then what you should do. For example, the bear spray if you are out in the forest and such things,” said Julian.

“So people around training are being trained so that they are prepared better to deal with those types of things.”