Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-11
By: Central News Agency
Some 700 kilograms of trash and kitchen waste was removed last week from an area near the Siangyang Cabin on the Jiaming Lake trail in Taitung County, one of the main habitats of the Formosan black bear, the cleanup organizers said Sunday.
The cleanup last Thursday and Friday was part of an effort to prevent the endemic species of bear from encroaching on areas of human habitation, the Taitung Forest District Office said.
The office said it also hosted a series of seminars during the summer to inform people about what to do if they encounter a bear and how to discourage foraging bears.
During the two-day mountain cleanup, 30 volunteers collected 700 kg of trash and food scraps in the vicinity of the Siangyang Cabin, where several sightings of the Formosan black bear have been reported in recent years, the office said. [FULL STORY]