Dan Banks, Biologist, DNR, Baddeck answers. By their very nature most wild animals are elusive and for all practical purposes impossible to count in absolute numbers. For most species, biologists use a variety of indicators to determine the relative numbers of animals. Question I just saw a bear in my backyard last night. Dan Banks, Biologist, DNR, Baddeck answers.
Black bears are normally very shy of people.
Chances are that the bear was just passing through and you will not see it again. This would include domestic garbage containing food scraps, left over pet food and uncleaned barbeques. Tony Nette, Manager Wildlife Resources, Kentville answers. It is very difficult and expensive to count bears in their natural habitat. Without expensive research we can only guestimate bear numbers.