Residents warned to lock down trash as bears and cougars with kittens roam South Island neighborhoods

Residents warned to lock down trash as bears and cougars with kittens roam South Island neighborhoods

Residents on British Columbia's South Island are being urged to secure trash, compost, and pet food after recent bear and cougar sightings near neighborhoods. According to Sook News Mirror, recent reports included cougars, including females with kittens in the Sooke area, along with several bear sightings and conflicts in Langford neighborhoods this week. Some of the Langford reports involved bears getting into unsecured attractants left out by …