Any ideas for keeping bears out?
This may be an odd one. I have a 1978 bumper pull travel trailer that I park in my driveway. I do not keep food in it, but it is a 1978 trailer, so obviously many meals have been prepared inside it....
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Okay, now that we agree it is a bear, is it wrong to remove the bear and possibly kill it to stop the break ins? I don't think so, my eldest DD is a Cal. D of F & W biologist and believe it or not lives in Pasadena Cal where bears in her yard are an almost daily event and they have never called the local LEOs and none of the bears have been relocated or killed.
In most areas of the country, law enforcement personnel are sworn to protect PEOPLE and not animals, whereas, Wildlife Officers are trained to handle the bear situation. Sometimes deterrents are not effective and bears must be killed.
In my daughters situation, the use of lockable trash cans and the removable of most food sources has contained the bears and homes and vehicles have not been damaged. There are two things that the community has decided not to remove from their properties, fruit trees and contained (penned up) pets and poultry and one of the most difficult things to get rid of, the water features in their yards.
It seems to me that you have to decide to what extent you will protect this bears life. Several deterrents have been suggested and I don't know which ones are effective and I cannot make a knowledgeable suggestion beyond what you have already done. This bear has learned that there may be food inside your trailer and will keep coming back until it learns that there is no longer food available or that it can no longer get to the food or it is destroyed.
I don't know how you classify the situation, it being immoral to kill the bear or that it is a quality of life situation where you must spend large amounts of money to keep repairing you trailer or use other deterrents. Your call, not the bears.
Good luck and I hope you solve the problem before you run out of money to repair the damage.
In most areas of the country, law enforcement personnel are sworn to protect PEOPLE and not animals, whereas, Wildlife Officers are trained to handle the bear situation. Sometimes deterrents are not effective and bears must be killed.
In my daughters situation, the use of lockable trash cans and the removable of most food sources has contained the bears and homes and vehicles have not been damaged. There are two things that the community has decided not to remove from their properties, fruit trees and contained (penned up) pets and poultry and one of the most difficult things to get rid of, the water features in their yards.
It seems to me that you have to decide to what extent you will protect this bears life. Several deterrents have been suggested and I don't know which ones are effective and I cannot make a knowledgeable suggestion beyond what you have already done. This bear has learned that there may be food inside your trailer and will keep coming back until it learns that there is no longer food available or that it can no longer get to the food or it is destroyed.
I don't know how you classify the situation, it being immoral to kill the bear or that it is a quality of life situation where you must spend large amounts of money to keep repairing you trailer or use other deterrents. Your call, not the bears.
Good luck and I hope you solve the problem before you run out of money to repair the damage.
