Speaking of Mama and the cubs...

She must have known I was talking about her late last night! Around 4:30 this afternoon my oldest yelled at me from the kitchen to grab my camera and come quick! Mama and two cubs had easily hopped the neighbours fence and were slowly meandering through their backyard.

I called the RCMP because of the time of day, and I could also hear people biking and walking along the road behind our house. It’s such a catch-22…. you want the bears to be able to go on their way safely, and for the little ones to have the chance to grow up. But if someone happened to surprise that Mama and be mauled, or worse…….

The RCMP came right away, but Mama had already changed direction and was right outside our fence. He managed to convince her it was time to move along (he asked very politely ), and then drove behind the house to the bridge to make sure she kept going on her way into the bush.