Officials in Sudbury, Ont., have set up a committee to deal with unwelcome bears after there were more than 2,000 reported bear sightings this summer alone.
Coun. Al Sizer says a poor berry crop has spurred the influx of "nuisance bears" in the area.
Sizer says the committee has met three times in the month since it was created.
It's made up of representatives from city council, Greater Sudbury police, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and environmentalists.
Sizer says Sudbury accounted for nearly half of the province's complaints about nuisance bears this summer.
In fact, reporting nuisance bears is the first option in the phone directory at the Sudbury office of the Ministry.
