Governator Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) Not sure if you guys saw, but on the news this morning a black bear made it to downtown Aurora and is now up in a tree. It's in my grandaprents old backyard, they moved a few months ago. Infact, my old apartment was right next to this yard and I grew up playing in it as I lived 1 block from them as a child. I just found it kind of exciting. How it made it's way to downtown Aurora, I have no idea. There is a small conservation forest about 10min walk away called Shepherds Bush, I have a feeling it was in there. Edited June 3, 2009 by Governator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Ya, I saw it on the news this morning. Poor thing. He was sure on the roam! Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Nice pic. A bear on the lam....sounds exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governator Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 It was live on CP24 (Still is actually). They tranquilized the bear in the tree, it slowly started coming down the tree and then fell about 20-30' in to a tarp that firefighters were holding. It then wondered off and passed out in the yard. I felt bad for the bear, but it was fun to watch and he wasn't hurt. Looks like MNR did a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeXXington Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I say take the bear downtown toronto and let it on the toronto Islands that's where the most vocal people about leaving nature alone is. Now if we could just get all the cormorants too all nest there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 wow, there was a confirmed bear sighting in bradford a few weeks ago as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLofchik Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 There's been a few bears that have followed the Rouge R. valley all the way to Scarberia. Last year I was out and they had Twin Rivers Rd. closed hunting for a bear that was wandering the streets. Hmmm, banning the Spring hunt is fine when bears are wandering downtown TBay or Owen Sound, but once they make it to Aurora it's a mad panic. Funny that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big guy Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 How it made it's way to downtown Aurora, I have no idea. It probably walked there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I say take the bear downtown toronto and let it on the toronto Islands that's where the most vocal people about leaving nature alone is. Now if we could just get all the cormorants too all nest there too Better yet drop it off in Queens Park and the mamby pamby polititions that cancelled the spring bear hunt can see what they have done first hand. Maybe set a couple of dozen loose in there and barr the doors while they are in session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuchikubo Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I say take the bear downtown toronto and let it on the toronto Islands that's where the most vocal people about leaving nature alone is. Now if we could just get all the cormorants too all nest there too They should do that with all the raccoons too. Maybe that would make a dent in the cormorant population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 They should do that with all the raccoons too. Maybe that would make a dent in the cormorant population. Exactly, then release cougars to take care of the racoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Maybe we need a 'bear tax' to keep the bears away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Exactly, then release cougars to take care of the racoons. Then release the barflies to take care of the cougars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 lol Roy. I prefer Manthers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdengr Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 What a circus......I'm gonna call the news the next time a bear walks across my yard. Any guesses on their reaction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 lol Roy. I prefer Manthers. Manthers? That's a new one for me HAHAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Bugs must be starting to get bad... Every year or so we get a stray moose wander close to the town limits and freak out the local fisherman!! Manthers... Shweeeeet.. I'm taking that one to the bank!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaque Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Down here in the Buffalo area, we had a black bear hit on the 190 last week. Literally just outside the city. And another a fair bit south of the city. Bears hit in and around buffalo ny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeXXington Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Down here in the Buffalo area, we had a black bear hit on the 190 last week. Literally just outside the city. And another a fair bit south of the city. Bears hit in and around buffalo ny Don't worry that was not a bear from Canada it has no pockets to carry a passport.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaque Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Don't worry that was not a bear from Canada it has no pockets to carry a passport.. lol, he may have swam at night and avoided customs all together. I think one of three things happened. Either it made the trek up, and i mean TREK.......from the southern tier.......OR someone has intervened here. Either hit it down toward the Pa. line and thought it would be funny to plant it in an extremely urban area to stir things up. OR some idiot thought it would be fun to have a bear cub as a pet and let it go when it was getting to grown to handle. The one right near the city was a 1-1/2 year old cub. I dunno, maybe im thinking crazy, but neither of those thoughts are crazier than a bear migrating up from the Pa/Ny border into Buffalo. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwash Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I say take the bear downtown toronto and let it on the toronto Islands that's where the most vocal people about leaving nature alone is. Now if we could just get all the cormorants too all nest there too Where've you been? that IS where all the cormorants nest! one of the largest colonies on the Great Lakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsa Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 There's been a few bears that have followed the Rouge R. valley all the way to Scarberia.Last year I was out and they had Twin Rivers Rd. closed hunting for a bear that was wandering the streets. Hmmm, banning the Spring hunt is fine when bears are wandering downtown TBay or Owen Sound, but once they make it to Aurora it's a mad panic. Funny that. Yeah, us up here in the Great White North always chuckle at bear siting posts from southern Ontario, and the generation of posts and news reports that follow. Its commonplace up here, even before the spring bear hunt was canceled. We have a lot of green space directly bordering us, and our city,.Thunder Bay is built up following the shoreline of Lake Superior. Some new development areas are backing onto green space, and as such, animals wander in at times. Its not uncommon for one bear to have multiple reports from those areas to have calls into the BearWise hotline. It is one bear, walking along the treeline at the edge of those peoples back yards, just going wherever it wants to go, yard to yard, not doing anything, not destroying anything, not threatening anything, but, people see it, and panic sets in. I quite frankly find it hilarious. Too bad the MNR bear techs have to deal with the multiple calls for just one bear just roaming around at the edge of a green space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky66 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I grew up in Aurora as well- caught many beautiful Speckled trout at Shepherds Bush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickster Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 common occurence here now if was wrasslin a saskamaquatch it might make the news here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I just found it kind of exciting. How it made it's way to downtown Aurora, I have no idea. There is a small conservation forest about 10min walk away called Shepherds Bush, I have a feeling it was in there. Did you leave some "toe jam" behind when you moved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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