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Results: Polar bear encounters with humans on the rise, and more furry mammals are ending up in a Churchill jail

Published on 03/04/2016
By: Tellwut
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Manitoba government documents suggest polar bear encounters with people have reached record levels on the shores of Hudson Bay with more of the mammals ending up in a specialized jail in Churchill. Polar bear activity reports from the past three years show the number of documented cases in Churchill has jumped from 229 in 2013 to 351 last year. The number of bears who were tranquilized and housed in the town’s holding facility, known as the polar bear jail, before being released into the wild almost doubled from 36 in 2013 to 65 last year. Daryll Hedman, regional wildlife manager for Manitoba Conservation, said last year set a record for the number of polar bears caught within the populated “control zone” of Churchill. “Three hundred and fifty-one — for occurrences, that’s a high number,” he said. While Manitoba conservation officers have stepped up their patrols recently, Hedman and other experts say climate change is largely to blame.