The new Residential Street-Side trash can features reinforced steel hinges and a lid reinforced with steel so a hungry bear can't pry it open. The reinforced steel hinges are designed to resist bears and normal wear and tear.
This 96 gallon container is bear proof. It can be anchored into cement and be stable or it can roll to and from the house on garbage day. These are being used in Alberta, Canada and in New Jersey. These cans are a great bear deterrent and extremely affordable.
To test bear resistant containers, the Part 2 Protocol subjects products to lengthy, rigorous testing sessions with captive grizzly bears at The Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana . A successful test is completed when the test bears don't gain access to the attractants placed inside the container being tested.
The bears at the facility have been removed from the wild due to conflicts with humans and conditioned to human-provided attractants such as garbage. Therefore these particular bears are well suited for use as testing bears, since many of them have already had knowledge of various techniques for accessing attractants. Tests will be documented with photographs and written test results will be maintained in a database posted to the
LWWF website published in the Living With Predators resource guide. |
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