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It is important to clean up spilled seeds from the ground when feeding birds during the winter and to remove bird feeders at the first sign of bear activity. If you live in an area with bears, it ...
There is no hunting season for bears in the state. [22] In 2023, a black bear stole 60 cupcakes from a bakery in Avon. [24] The DEP asks people who see bears in Connecticut to do the following: [23] "Enjoy it from a distance." "Never attempt to feed or attract bears." "Report bear sightings to the Wildlife Division, at (860) 675-8130."
As the October bear hunt nears, new rules for using bird feeders are before state legislators. Feed birds, not bears, NJ urges residents. Why state may put new rules on bird feeders
State wildlife officials estimate the state's black bear population has remained stable for the past 10 years at 50,000 to 81,000 to animals. Bears can hibernate under decks, in crawl spaces
In the 1960s, US national parks began to discourage the feeding of bears, [12] as reflected in this photograph from 1961, featuring Yogi Bear. In national parks and state parks, feeding animals can result in malnourishment due to inappropriate diet and in disruption of natural hunting or food-gathering behavior. It can also be dangerous to the ...
Black bear in East Texas were seriously reduced to scattered remnant populations or eliminated altogether in many areas largely as a result of indiscriminate and unregulated hunting by the time the first organized survey of mammals took place from 1890 to 1904. [14] The last native East Texas black bear is believed to have been killed in the 1950s.
A woman who fed a black bear in Tennessee now finds herself in a grisly situation. Authorities charged the 21-year-old, who has not been identified, with illegal bear feeding after she shared a ...
By the time hibernation starts in October and November, males may weigh up to 1,200 pounds (540 kg). [9] These bears are known to consume as much as 120 pounds (54 kg) of salmon in a single day, sometimes catching as many as 30 fish daily. [10] Fish can help them gain up to 4 pounds a day, throughout the entirety of the season. [11]