{"id":819871,"date":"2026-07-23T01:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819871\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T01:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:57:21","slug":"small-bear-wanders-into-cochrane-neighbourhood-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819871\/","title":{"rendered":"Small bear wanders into Cochrane neighbourhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bear was spotted in Cochrane\u2019s Precedence neighbourhood this morning, prompting a reminder for residents to stay alert and give wildlife plenty of space.<\/p>\n<p>The bear was seen around 8:05 a.m. on the green space behind Precedence along James Walker Trail. The animal appeared to be a small bear.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are reminded to keep a safe distance and avoid approaching or interacting with the animal.<\/p>\n<p>Bear encounters can happen in Cochrane<\/p>\n<p>While seeing a bear in town can be surprising, officials say bears do regularly travel through Cochrane and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents are encouraged to take precautions when spending time outdoors, including travelling in groups when possible, making noise to avoid surprising wildlife, and keeping pets on a leash.<\/p>\n<p>If you encounter a bear, give it space and allow it a clear path to leave the area.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are also reminded to secure attractants, such as garbage, pet food and bird feeders, to help reduce the chances of attracting wildlife into neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bear was spotted in Cochrane\u2019s Precedence neighbourhood this morning, prompting a reminder for residents to stay alert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-819871","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\/819871","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=819871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}