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    Tag:  urban bears

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    Letter: Preventing bears from snacking on your trash

    Posted on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 by Letters

    “Come on, all you North Ashevilleans — keep your unadorned trash bins. Put them out within an hour or two of the expected pickup times and spray them inside and out with ammonia.”

    2.5 K views3LettersOpinion

    Letter: A species more dangerous than bears

    Posted on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 by Letters

    “But let’s get some perspective here. The rate of murders in the Asheville area is approximately 10 per 100,000 people; the rate of rapes, 48 per 100,000; the rate of assault, 335 per 100,000.”

    2.9 K views2LettersOpinion

    Time for a ‘bear summit’?

    Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Xpress Contributor

    “At the very least, City Council or the Wildlife Commission could stage a ‘bear summit’ to document the number and character of close calls.”

    6.2 K views10CommentaryOpinion

    Making peace with bears

    Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Xpress Contributor

    “Bears are not the enemy! We’re the ones who have to decide if we’re going to be the enemy. Coexistence is possible: We can do it, but it’s a practice.”

    2.8 K views1CommentaryOpinion

    Letter: Too many bears for human safety

    Posted on September 3, 2018September 1, 2018 by Letters

    “They need to be thinned out by removal, sterilization, extended hunting season or whatever is appropriate in order for the bear population to remain healthy and the human population to remain safe.”

    5.2 K views13LettersOpinion

    Letter: More urban bears means tragedy is a given

    Posted on September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 by Letters

    “The problem isn’t that we are taking over their habitat. Asheville is surrounded by thousands of acres of protected land; it’s just the food thing is easier in ours.”

    2.6 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Yes, we have wildlife in Asheville

    Posted on August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 by Letters

    “Bears are here. Act accordingly.”

    2.9 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Sounding the alarm about town bears

    Posted on August 6, 2018August 5, 2018 by Letters

    “Someone needs to inform all these unsuspecting transplants who are moving here in droves and are paying outrageous prices for housing without being told that hanging out in their backyards at night might be an invitation for disaster.”

    5.4 K views18LettersOpinion
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