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f you want to make sure your
home will be free from critters
this winter then walk a mile in
their paws.
That's the advice of Tim Payne,
southeast Michigan wildlife supervi-
sor for the Michigan Department of
Natural Resources. The animals "will
need food and protection:' he says.
"People can look at their house, the
landscaping and say, 'Well, is this a
good place for a raccoon to rest and be
comfortable?' If the human answer is
`Yes!' than it's time to patch up holes
around the house and make sure food
is out of reach!'
Coyotes and deer are proliferating
and wild turkeys come and go, join-
ing the crowded menagerie of skunks,
possum, woodchucks and raccoons
that have been around for so long now
that it seems like they're part of the
family. Black bears are now popping
up north and west of Oakland County.
Local naturalist and trapper
Jonathon Schechter explains the rea-
sons as the three S's — substance,
security and sex; an abundance of
food, lush habitat and a plentiful num-
ber of mates.
Black bears north and west of
Oakland County "are mostly young
males, wandering, looking for a mate
he says. "We can control the first two
to a degree, the substance and security.
Sex is out of our control."
Black bears have been spotted 10
miles north of Oakland County, in
Genesee County, and in Washtenaw
and Lapeer counties as well, Schechter
says, noting that one bear was hit by
a car in Grand Rapids this year. The
driver was okay; the bear was killed.
"Young black bears wander from
80 to 100 miles, looking for food,
especially acorns," he says. "They can
be predatory. More bear attacks on
humans are occurring, but statisti-
cally it is such a small number as to be
inconsequential."
If a human encounters a bear, the
individual should stand and yell, rath-
er than run or lie down as has been
suggested in the past, he says.
The critter that gives animal control
officers in Bloomfield Township the
most grief is a lot smaller and tamer
than coyotes and bears and more
destructive than deer. It's the cute,
pudgy groundhog, or woodchuck.