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Fish & Game warns bears are using Kodiak landfill after fence failures; assembly schedules on‑site review
Summary
Fish & Game wildlife biologist Nate Saboda told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly that gaps and electrical failures in the landfill fence have allowed bears to enter and feed on trash, creating wildlife‑health and public‑safety risks.
Nate Saboda, an air wildlife biologist with Alaska Department of Fish & Game, told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly that insufficient maintenance of the landfill’s electric fence has allowed bears and cubs to access trash and, in at least one instance, den inside the landfill.
Saboda said maintenance lapses have left gaps and a lack of electrical current along sections of the fence for approximately two years, conditioning bears to feed on human refuse. He described a recent case in which a bear was euthanized after suffering an intestinal blockage caused by ingesting trash, and reported that bears have been observed…
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