Black bears are feasting before a long winter sleep
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Bears are involved in a feeding frenzy, while trying to pack on pounds for their long winter sleep. As a result, Monroe Animal Control is receiving more sightings as hibernation draws closer.
Animal Reports: Bear sightings, Yellowjackets attack, dog has a bad fall
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A Webb Circle man told police his wife was startled by the sight of a black bear in their yard when she was walking her dog on Sept. Read More
Mama bear is entering garages, porches and houses
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A bear sow and her cubs are getting bolder in their search for food, entering garages, porches and houses. Animal Control Officer Ed Risko, whose been monitoring the animals, warns the sow will get a kill order if this continues, because she’s showing her cubs this behavior is okay. Read More
Bears rummaging through trash, falling out of trees
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Animal Control Officer Ed Risko says two dogs were barking at a black bear that had climbed a tree in a yard on Stanley Road Wednesday night. Read More
Animals
Bear warning: Sow with cubs eat, play way through town
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Residents reported several black bear sightings this summer, the latest of a sow
with her two cubs, who were seen playing and destroying two plastic balls at a house on Summit Drive on the afternoon of Friday, July 5. Read More