{"id":656287,"date":"2026-05-08T16:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656287\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:07:09","slug":"polar-bears-still-active-in-southern-labrador-and-northern-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656287\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Bears Still Active in Southern Labrador and Northern Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/polar-bear-at-west-saint-modeste-april-2025-photo-via-big-land-fishing-lodge-on-facebook.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Polar Bears Still Active in Southern Labrador and Northern Peninsula\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polar bear at West Saint Modeste, April 2025 (photo via Big Land Fishing Lodge on Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Forestry is warning that polar bears are still active along the southern coast of Labrador and the Great Northern Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>Residents along the south coast of Labrador and northeast coast of the island are being advised to be mindful of food sources that may attract polar bears. <\/p>\n<p>Keep your garbage properly stored and keep pets under close supervision. <\/p>\n<p>Residents should travel in groups when outdoors and never approach a fresh kill or carcass. <\/p>\n<p>People should never approach a polar bear under any circumstances, and if you see a bear quietly back away and leave the area while staying downwind of the animal.<\/p>\n<p>If the bear has seen or smelled you, remain calm, give the animal space, and back away, avoid eye contact, and never run. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Polar bear at West Saint Modeste, April 2025 (photo via Big Land Fishing Lodge on Facebook) The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-656287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}