For isolated communities at the top of the world, keeping polar bears out of town is key to coexistence.
For isolated communities at the top of the world, keeping the planet's largest land predators — polar bears — out of town is key to coexistence.The incident underscored the risks of living alongside the creaturesThat can mean patrolling for the animals by snowmobile or four-wheeler, shooing them away with spotlights or a revved engine, or hazing them with beanbag shotguns.
"There's absolutely discussion now in Wales, saying, 'Hey, maybe things have changed to the point that we need this, and how do we do that?'" chief administrator for the Bering Strait School District Susan Nedza said. Another Hudson Bay town — Churchill, in north-eastern Manitoba — has had a bear-alert program for decades and has turned the animals into a tourist attraction.
Another successful model is among the coastal communities of the North Slope, where Alaska meets the Arctic Ocean; tribes there have traditionally hunted the bears, along with whales and seals. The North Slope has patrols on standby in case bears come close; three villages have active patrols now, Hepa said.
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