The Rocky Mountain Trench is bear country. Learn to identify bear habitat and how to hike and camp safely when in bear country. Information is available from the National Parks and BC Parks. Feeding Wildlife Feeding attracts animals to roadside areas where they can be injured or killed. Feeding creates habituated and dependent animals - more likely to be a danger to people.
Conflict often results in the death of the animal.
Feeding leads to eating garbage. Animals eat wrappers, cans, and bottle caps, destroying their digestive system. Eating human foods can cause tooth decay, gum infections and ulcers in animals. Small animals such as whiskey jacks and squirrels become pests when they are fed and lose their natural behaviour around humans. Respect and protect their wildness.