Bear sightings on the rise in Connecticut
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Thousands of calls have come into state authorities about bears sniffing around people's homes. Some black bears are exploring residential areas in Stamford.
If a bear attacks you, fight back.
"Do not play dead," Stamford Managing Animal Control Officer Tilford Cobb said. "You want to fight that bear."
Opening this story with bear-fighting is maybe not the most responsible storytelling. After all, Cobb introduces his living-alongside-bears spiel not with human-on-bear combat techniques but rather with a reminder of our many centuries of mostly peaceful cohabitation.
"They've been here a long time and we don't hear of bear attacks on the regular," Cobb said.
But Cobb can confirm 2020 and 2021 have produced more black bear sightings in the Stamford area than any other period he can remember in his two-plus decades on the job.
"Recently, there has been a lot more," he said.
As of mid-July, Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) had received more than 5,000 reports of black bear sightings in the state in 2021, with 15 of those in the more densely populated Stamford area.
"Most of the time they're just passing through," Cobb said. "They're transient bears who are leaving their moms for the first time and they're out and they're looking for their own homes."
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This is why we need a bear season.
AMEN
Just had one in my own yard in Windsor locks 4 days ago wife and kids were home I was at work. It ridiculous can't even shoot one for self defense or u get fined. If it comes after my kids, wife, or me then that's a fine I'm willing to pay.
Leave them alone !!!
You cannot buy bear spray in Connecticut to protect yourself or the bear. Good job Democratic politicians.
You’re kidding me.
Why can't you buy bear spray in Connecticut?
Yep Idiots dem politicians
You can buy bear spray in CT. I recently bought some at a sporting goods store.
well I hate that anyone hunts them.. they are so Beautiful.. just be cautious of where you are..
Yeah well until you or a family member get mauled.... you will refuse to hunt some bears to control the bear population
I'm with you ❤