Beary busy season: Bear-human interactions nearly double in B.C.

A growing number of bear-human interactions has led to a corresponding increase in bear deaths in B.C. so far this year.
Since April, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service has fielded 8,900 black-bear related calls — almost double the 4,900 calls logged for the same period last year.
“These numbers are some of the highest we have seen in 10 years,” said Frank Ritcey, provincial coordinator of WildSafeBC.
“It’s hard to say what’s going on there,” he said