Ontario bears are waking up from hibernation earlier due to mild temperatures

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A milder winter and steadily warming temperatures are having a significant impact on the sleep patterns and movement of Ontario’s wildlife, with at least one expert saying it’s unclear how climate change will impact ecosystems long-term.

The statement cited the winter’s “mild weather and lack of snow.program at the Canadian Wildlife Federation, says that while bears often wake up during hibernation, it is unusual for them not to go back to sleep.“That's the biggest issue that we're coming across right now because wildlife, basically they need a habitat where all their needs are met in terms of food and in terms of shelter,” Langlois told CTV News Toronto during an interview.

“Bears are a bit of a of a menace right now,” she said, noting they may be a bit more aggressive towards small animals. “With the unseasonably warm temperatures, bears may be emerging early or in some cases, be flooded out of their dens,” a spokesperson said. “Some bears might find another spot to sleep or may start searching for food and because of this we have opened the bear reporting line one month early.”Robins, for example, are coming to Canada and are confronted with a lack of insects to feed on.

A report commissioned by the Ontario government and quietly released in January 2023 suggested that by the end of the century, the province will experienceAs such, extreme cold days are expected to decline, from an average of over 55 days on average per year in northern Ontario to about 12 per year by 2080.

 

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