We wish to give back to the public and provide free, human-carnivore conflict prevention and mitigation services for those who live or have recreational properties in bear and cougar country. These include:
- site assessment of natural and unnatural attractants as well as further factors that can draw bears and other predators to your property
- consulting on attractant management
- area monitoring with wildlife cameras
- deploying deterrent devices
- related outreach and education
We do not haze or trap problem animals, but we can help you to prevent them from coming to your property. The area we cover free is Calgary, Canmore as well as parts of Rocky View County, MD of Foothills, MD of Bighorn, MD of Mountain View, and Clearwater County. This is the region which we can service within a one-day trip. If you need our help, please contact us to find out if the area where you live qualifies. Depending on our availability, we might be willing to go farther for a multiday trip, however, int hose cases we need to charge our travel and accommodation expenses.
We believe, this is a fruitful service, because Fish and Wildlife Officers are often overwhelmed by work, and their resources are limited.
We would like to help not only people, but wildlife as well. Once bears associate food with people (become ‘food conditioned’), most often they get relocated or ‘euthanized’. Relocations also frequently lead to the death of the animals. It is even worse for cougars. Once they get captured for conflict management purposes, they cannot be relocated. By law, they must be put down.
We are also happy to help you in case you have trouble with smaller predators, such as coyotes or bobcats as well as if you do not know what kind of animal is lurking around your property and you wish to figure it out.
