Black bear captured and tagged in Santa Monica Mountains for first time
Researchers will now track the movements of a young black bear spotted in the Santa Monica Mountains, where no known population exists.
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Researchers will now track the movements of a young black bear spotted in the Santa Monica Mountains, where no known population exists.
The woman was bit and suffered superficial injuries as well as minor puncture wounds.
Three little cubs followed their mom through Yellowstone National Park as they learned their way around.
The bear injured the man's head and scratched him across his back. He locked himself in a bedroom and called 911.
Since 1970, state authorities have recorded only 19 instances where black bears have injured people, officials said.
"I saw his leg in the bear's mouth and the bear trying to drag him across the lawn," the boy's grandfather said.
Oregon State Police Troopers from the Fish and Game Division helped officers search for the bear, but it was not located.
The woman was bit on the leg but is expected to survive.
The bear ate an entire bag of marshmallows and other snacks.
A black bear was filmed showing off his soccer skills in South Lake Tahoe, California.
Wildlife officials said before the bears were killed, they were entering tents to get food, personal hygiene items and trash.
A black bear forcibly entered the tent of a five-person family camping in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sunday morning, injuring a toddler and her mother.
The sheriff's office said the bear was an adult female, and one cub was seen running off as the bear ran toward the home.
The cubs were orphaned last week when their mother, known as "Bobbi the Bear," was shot in Newtown.
Officials said the 34-year-old woman was "involved in a physical encounter" with one of the bears and a neighbor used a car horn to scare the animals off.
The bear had destroyed the inside of Cody Gillotti's truck and then moved to his mother-in-law's car outside their Connecticut home.
"Although officers appreciated the law-abiding bear, it was important to get the bear back to a wooded area for safety," police said.
The bear, nicknamed Big Bruin, was safely released to a "remote area" of the Cherokee National Forest some 40 miles away from the school.
Locals are contemplating whether to have the bear killed, but police stressed that "no one wants to see him euthanized."
Officials and animal advocates agree the bear doesn't know how to hunt, but they disagree on how to stop it from damaging people's homes.