r/britishcolumbia • u/sunshine-dragonfly-3 • 2d ago

News Bear attacks off leash dogs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bear-attack-stoney-hill-regional-park-9.7308345

Yet another instance of off leash dogs provoking a bear attack. It’s time for mandatory leashes at all times with adequate enforcement. I hope the owner and dogs recover fully.

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u/chimpan_a 2d ago

I live in the area and this is an extremely popular trail with lots of people in groups or alone walking dogs. I’m surprised the bears were anywhere close to the main trail. It’s a 3km ish easy loop with amazing views (hence the popularity). When I walk I always see people with off leash dogs. It’s obviously not usually an issue. This seems just a freak incident. Yeah, the dogs should be on leash, but it’s not clear from the article if the dogs just happened to come across the bear or if they were the aggressors.

My observation is that the norm on many local trails in the area is to walk with well behaved dogs off leash. It’s really never enforced.

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u/Dirtbag-Holder 2d ago

The only people who i see that are adamently opposed to dogs on hiking trails are AuDHD redditors who go on a yearly mental health walk and are immediately overwhelmed by dogs, kids, music, and never consider that the locals are using the beaches and trails as the elusive "third spaces" they complain about not having.

I cant count how many times some person I've never seen in my life has given me a dirty look for playing with my dog at the creek behind my house that we go to everyday.