As populations increase, run-ins grow also
(NEWSER) - Most bears fear people, yet they are increasingly seen rummaging through garbage, pillaging bird feeders, and even attacking us humans, the AP reports. Some analysts blame state bans on bear hunting, which allowed the US bear population to more than double between 1989 and 2006, jumping from 165,000 to more than 350,000. One ecologist calls it “quite a phenomenal range expansion of the black bear.” More»
