Increased bear sightings prompt Shei-pa park to ban food waste
Increased bear sightings prompt Shei-pa park to ban food waste
2025-12-15
Black bears have been spotted more frequently in Shei-pa National Park in recent years, especially in the Guanwu area. The park office says they’re likely Formosan black bears, whose population has been on the rise. As the weather cools and food becomes harder to find, they expand their habitat in search of food. The park urged people to always take food waste with them out of the park to prevent attracting bears close to the trail.
Around here, in front of Cika Cabin, a hiker saw a black bear between the trailhead and the cabin.
Bears usually live in uninhabited, remote mountainous areas. As long as they’re far enough away from humans, they don’t bother each other. But recently, black bears have been sighted not far from a trailhead in Shei-pa National Park.
Yu Shu-fen
Park conservation director
In the past two years we’ve seen them in the Xueshan area. Five years ago, we had actually never caught a black bear on camera, but within the last five years we’ve seen quite a few.
Seeing more black bears is a sign that conservation efforts are succeeding and the population is rising. But they may be wandering close to the trail because hikers leave behind food scraps.
Yu Shu-fen
Park conservation director
We hope that everyone can take their unfinished food with them back down the mountain. Black bears have less food in the winter, and if there is food waste to eat, they will move closer to human areas.
To prevent conflict with bears, park management and conservationists say hikers can bring a small bell with them, as bears are shy and will likely move away if they hear you coming.
Conservationist
When a black bear hears this sound, it will slowly move away. In the area we are in now, about 1.2km to 1.3km into the Xueshan trail, a foreign hiker previously reported seeing a bear.
A bell hung on a backpack will sound as the hiker moves, alerting black bears to their presence. This gives bears time to move away, preventing close encounters.
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雪霸觀霧頻有黑熊出沒管理處籲遊客勿留廚餘.防人熊衝突
2025-12-15
雪霸國家公園觀霧區，近年頻頻有熊出沒，雪霸國家公園管理處分析，可能是野生台灣黑熊族群，數量持續增加，加上冬季時覓食不易，遊客上山留下廚餘，黑熊為了覓食，不得已擴大生活範圍，呼籲遊客將廚餘帶下山，避免黑熊活動範圍，越來越靠近人類，造成人獸衝突。
“靠近這一邊，還不到七卡山莊的地方，就有登山客有目擊到黑熊，登山口到七卡山莊中間的區域。”
過去黑熊出沒在罕無人煙的深山，人獸之間保持距離誰也不干擾誰，如今卻有民眾，在登山口附近就發現黑熊蹤跡。
[[雪管處保育研究科科長 于淑芬]]
“最近這兩年是在雪山這個地區發現，五年以前其實都沒有拍過黑熊，那這是這幾年就是這五年內，陸陸續續都有拍到蠻多的黑熊。”
雪管處研判黑熊頻頻出現，除了保育有成，黑熊族群擴張，可能也跟遊客亂扔廚餘有關。
[[雪管處保育研究科科長 于淑芬]]
“希望大家可以把你沒有吃完的廚餘可以帶下山，因為黑熊其實，在冬季可能食物會比較缺乏，那吃廚餘的話就會，越來越靠近人的範圍。”
為了避免人獸衝突，雪管處和保育志工齊聲呼籲，民眾登山時可攜帶熊鈴，因為黑熊生性害羞，聽到聲音就會默默躲起來。
[[高山保育志工]]
“黑熊牠聽到這個聲音，牠就會慢慢的離開，那我們目前所在的位置，是在雪山步道1.2K到1.3K，也曾經是有外國山友來這邊舉報說，這邊曾經發現黑熊蹤影的位置。”
把熊鈴掛在背包上，隨著登山者腳步就會叮叮叮響個不停，黑熊聽到自然就會遠離，人獸各自相安，共享山林資源。
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