Bear trap set near Kahle playground
A bear trap at Kahle Community Center is causing controversy. Photo/Toogee Sielsch
A bear trap has been placed at Kahle Community Center by the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
An employee at the Stateline recreation facility said a bear has been wandering through the playground area close to young children. The trap was placed on Sept. 21.
Chris Healy with NDOW said the bear has been getting into dumpsters at the restaurants below the park.
“Bear will be tagged and given onsite aversive conditioning in hopes of altering the behavior,” Healy told Lake Tahoe News. “People who interfere with this process are actually creating worse/more dangerous bears by stopping us from doing aversive conditioning, which we’ve proven works with our own research. Knowing that this bear was in the area and coming through the park during daylight hours, we wanted to set the trap in order to catch the bear and give it the same aversive conditioning.”
Not everyone using the recreation facility has been happy there is a trap, and have voiced their concerns to Kahle staff.
“The Bear League sees the placing of a baited bear trap in the middle of Kahle Park on Lower Kingsbury Grade as irresponsible. It also goes against one of the stated goals of the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s bear management program to mitigate human/bear interactions,” Toogee Sielsch, Bear League board member, told Lake Tahoe News. “This baited trap sits within 10 feet of the family picnic cabana, 20 feet from the outside bathroom facility, and 30 feet from the small children’s playground.”
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Well, if you don’t want forest fires cut down all the trees. Do not want to clean up your garbage? Eliminate the bears, shoot them all.
No trees, no bears…no problemos right.
I’ve just got a report that the trap at Khale Park has been removed without a bear. We’ve, and I mean everyone that has made their voice heard to every state official in Nevada that had no choice but to listen, have had four huge successes this summer. I think Governor Brian Sandoval and NDoW are starting to hear us loud and clear!
So, what about the restaurant trash bins ? Are the problem restaurants being fined and corrected ?