{"id":695437,"date":"2026-05-26T18:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/695437\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:50:16","slug":"wildsafebc-urging-kamloops-residents-to-be-aware-of-animal-attractants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/695437\/","title":{"rendered":"WildSafeBC urging Kamloops residents to be aware of animal attractants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/27658ea8-b97e-42e1-9f3e-f0f6351a81c3-1.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: Contributed)<\/p>\n<p>By Elora McCormack<\/p>\n<p>Bear Aware<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay 25, 2026 | 3:56 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>KAMLOOPS \u2014 WildSafeBC is urging Kamloops residents to remove potential animal attractants on their properties to avoid inadvertently luring bears and other wild animals into the community.<\/p>\n<p>Upon emerging from their winter dens, bears will be on the hunt for protein-rich food in valley bottoms, where humans typically live.<\/p>\n<p>WildSafe BC Kamloops said residents have already made several reports of black bears in the area, with some having been seen accessing unnatural food sources.<\/p>\n<p>Garbage, dirty barbecues, bird feeders, fruit trees and outdoor pet food are all examples of unnatural food sources, which can lead to conflict with humans and eventual food conditioning and habituation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: Contributed) By Elora McCormack Bear Aware May 25, 2026 | 3:56 PM KAMLOOPS \u2014 WildSafeBC is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-695437","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\/695437","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=695437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}