Hungry Bear Suspected in Diesel Spill
Thursday October 9, 2008
"Hungry bear suspected in diesel spill." That's the headline for a story that appeared in the SITnews newsletter this week. How could you see this headline and not want to read the article? The story only gets better as you read on. The spill involved 1000 gallons of diesel fuel stored at a remote fishing camp in British Columbia (that's Canada for any geographically challenged Yanks in the crowd). I know times can be tough, but diesel? Maybe the bear ran out of Wild Turkey and wasn't ready to call it a night. It's a funny story with an unfortunately bad outcome for the environment. You can check out the details on Sitnews.us
Special thanks to Dwayne at Carriage Works for sending this story to us!
Comments
Let’s see, 1000 gallons of diesel multiplied by about $4 gallon equals a whole lot of money lost!
Bears damaging things…this seems to be a common occurrence this year in Alaska too.
We know of a bear that broke into our customer’s car.
Maybe we should start having classes on how to ‘bear proof” your things?
Makes you wonder why folks in Canada aren’t smart enough to bear proof something like this. I could us dumb Yanks getting chewed on, but not our neighbors in the Great White North!
Put a chemical which gives off a bad smell and taste to discourage animals from trying to eat it. Makes you wonder why these animals are so hungry - not enough of their own natural food to eat.
It’s not that there isn’t enough food for them, it is because they (like humans) prefer junk they shouldn’t have. A bear broke into my freezer. bear
He selected red meats and cheese -not the fish I had in there. The rivers are full of fish, but the bears would rather eat garbage then healthy foods.
Funny story; thanks Matthew!