“The location of Centennial Campground, and having a lot of people experiencing homelessness in that campground, it’s right next to a never-ending supply of bears,' Fish and Game area biologist Dave Battle said.
ByOutside of Centennial Park’s designated campsites, many tents are scattered around the area.
Following reports of bears getting into tents, biologists shot a female black bear and two cubs, as well as an unrelated male black bear, at the campground July 6. Fish and Game area biologist Dave Battle said Alaska Wildlife Troopers shot a fifth bear Wednesday morning. One reason is due to a hesitancy from staff to evict houseless people, and the other is because security can’t search peoples’ tents.
But Fish and Game wasn’t consulted by the mayor’s administration before the city moved to consolidate houseless people at Centennial, Battle said. “Every bear we kill is just a Band-Aid,” Battle said. “The next week, another bear’s going to find that campground and we’re going to be right back in that same situation. Bears are going to try to come into tents, and those people that are there are going to be put into danger.”
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