{"id":737502,"date":"2026-06-15T03:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/737502\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T03:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:45:19","slug":"hungry-bear-rips-apart-vehicle-in-the-bc-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/737502\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungry bear rips apart vehicle in the BC Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully insurance covers this one.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) is sharing a story from the Kootenays that serves as a powerful reminder of a bear\u2019s strength.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYour car is no match for a hungry bear determined to grab the food or garbage left inside,\u201d a social media post from the BCCOS says.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Accompanying the post is two photos of a vehicle that was ripped apart by a bear that spotted food inside.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBears that learn to associate vehicles with food can create a public safety risk; not to mention easily tear apart your car, as these images from the Kootenays show,\u201d the post added.<\/p>\n<p>The BCCOS reminds people to not leave food or garbage inside their vehicle and to ensure that their doors are locked.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hopefully insurance covers this one. The BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) is sharing a story from the Kootenays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,154351,154350,66,323],"class_list":["post-737502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kamloops-local-news","tag-kamloops-news","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737502","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=737502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}