On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:56:43 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:07:34 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 12/9/14 4:57 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:51:22 -0500, Let it snowe
wrote:

http://www.examiner.com/article/blac...cross-maryland

If the bears ever get a foot hold, they will either open the season on
them or learn to live with a bear problem. These are not "forest
creatures". They are like raccoons and they adapt quite well to the
suburban environment.

It makes things like your garden variety trash can an obsolete idea.

http://www.tahoewildbears.org/approv...containers.htm




There are small bears in Maryland, but I've not seen any around here,
and I haven't heard or read any legitimate, documented reports of same.
I've seen a couple of what I would call unsubstantiated reports, but,
hey, I suppose it is possible.

They are in Carroll county according to that article. I suppose they
will be down in Southern Md soon enough.
I haven't seen a bear here but I have seen tracks in the scrub. Once
they figure out there is food around, they will move in tho.
The tracks I saw were probably the one they finally caught in downtown
Ft Myers. The whole area for over a mile west of me is part of the
Estero Bay Preserve all the way from Naples to Ft Myers so it is a
super highway for all sorts of critters. We see them crossing the
river fairly often. It is mostly deer, wild hogs and the ever present
raccoons. The river doesn't even slow them down much.

Shame the bears don't take a liking to pythons.
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