A Banff National Park Grizzly leaves a culvert trap after being collared by Parks Canada Staff - Date unknown Alex Taylor.

10 September 2012

Fence Grizzlies Off the Tracks in Banff

Banff Alberta - Dear Editor:  Re:  "Saving Banff's grizzlies", 3 Sep 2012.
 
It angers me to read and hear this same story over again about bears losing their lives on the railway tracks.
 
Build fences with animal crossing corridors along the whole troublesome stretch of tracks.
 
They've done it through the Lake Louise area with amazing success.
 
Not a bear will be found on or near the tracks.
 
No chance of accidental death from a train.
 
Simple, cost-effective solution, everyone wins, and the bears can live the long and happy lives they deserve.
 
Cindy Karpiak.