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with the help of the bears themselves. keeping bears away from food ultimately helps keep the bears away from people, so when camping it s so important to stash your food safely. here on the outskirts of yellowstone, they re actually testing the sturdiness of food containers by putting them up against actual bears, and needless to say, these ones didn t quite pass the test. we have put some dog biscuits in there so that it rattles around. there s peanut butter in there, an old fish as well. it s got to withstand a 60 minutes of direct contact from these bears, but if it does it can be certified as bear resistant by the interagency grizzly bear committee. so you can see. look at those claw marks! ..obviously attention from the bear teeth or claw marks there. they re pretty deep. teeth marks. yeah, so tell me, where did these bears come from? grant is actually from yellowstone national park.
out by hunters. so people came out here, european americans, specifically, came out and waged war on predators. though it seems yellowstone is a park of two poles, and 27 years ago, wolves were controversially reintroduced to stalk through the valleys once more. it was the first ever attempt at releasing these predators, and remains one of the greatest rewilding stories of all time. i m just hoping that we really see wolves today. it s been a long drive, we ve been up early, so the pay off has to be wolves. and as if on cue. radio: where are you now? just passing elk creek. amanda, he wasjust telling you he was down the camp ground road. right now, those wolf packs are going to be focused around their dens and caring for their puppies, and so for one particular wolf pack, they re considerate enough to have their den site pretty much within view
randy! hello. i m heading to west yellowstone to meet randy. he runs courses in bear safety, but he doesn t work alone. 0k! this is the bear? yeah. talk to me about how you use this to teach people about their safety. well, if you are not able to avoid an encounter with a bear, bear spray is the most effective thing you can use to change a bear s behaviour. if you get this hot pepper oil that is in this container into their face, they re going to forget about you, and that you might be a threat to them, and are going to want to go somewhere else. most of the encounters we have with grizzly bears around here, they re defensive encounters. so you re going to growl, they will drool, they will huff and make different noises, they will stomp on the ground. so it is good to have this strapped to your belt all the time? yes, cos things happen really fast. the nice thing about this training device is that it goes