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Bear Proof Door Knobs Soon To Be Required??
So you want to be able to choose which hardware knobs and pulls you get to put on your door? Then Aspen and Pitkin County might not be the right place for you.
Government officials are current contemplating and debating legislation that would require homeowners and business owners to install specific-type of doorknobs in an effort to stop bears from breaking in. This Wednesday, the Pitkin County commissioners will discuss the matter.
The district wildlife manager for the Colordado Division of Wildlife, Kevin Wright, has urged the commissioners to require all doors have round knobs, calling them “huge” when asked about their contribution to human safety.
There are some issues in dictating the kind of hardware knobs and pulls architects use. The most specific instant concerns the Americans with Disabilities Act, which dictates that all American businesses must have lever action doorknobs.
Unfortunately, it is these same lever action doorknobs that wild bears are beginning to figure out. “they’re not good in bear coutry,” states Wright.
“We have bears that just run around and slap lever handled doorknobs until one opens,” claims the head of Pitkin County’s Community Development Department, Cindy Houben.
Researchers have discovered round doorknobs are harder for bears to open.
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