Find out if this animal is smarter than your average bear. — -- There’s only one sure way to test a bear-resistant trash can, and that’s to watch a bear try to open it. A Colorado testing ...

However, when properly using bear-resistant trash cans on a consistent basis, along with implementing a few other precautions with trash disposal, you can greatly reduce the chances of attracting ...

City of Asheville residents can rent "bear-resistant" trash cans, but the city notes they are not "bear-proof." Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal ...

Homeowners who choose not to get bear-proof trash cans can put out their trash no earlier than 5 a.m. on trash day and take them back inside no later than 7 p.m. that same day.

In 2013, Quinn, a 450-pound black bear, fails to open a bear-resistant trash can full of jelly doughnuts in a demonstration of the cans at a wildlife-rehab center in Apopka.

A bear in Alaska had a valiant attempt at opening a bear-proof garbage can. A woman recorded the entertaining encounter from a neighborhood window. A high-tech trash can proved its worth in Alaska ...

Soon, they can become habituated to garbage. They return and cause more problems trying to get food. Ultimately, the bear is tagged a “nuisance bear” and eventually euthanized. Individual communities ...

The city of Durango is planning to spend $175,000 next year to purchase 600 bear-resistant trash cans for city residents, a step toward making the city less attractive to hungry bears and reducing ...

Garbage in non-bear-resistant containers can't be left on the street for pickup before 5 a.m. on a neighborhood's garbage day. Allied Waste's new containers are available for rent at $10 a month.

WM is offering bear-resistant trash carts in Okaloosa County. The city of Mary Esther said WM received an […] MARY ESTHER, Fla. (WKRG) — Black bear videos are constant on a northwest Florida ...