Black bear - recessive gene. They’ve been seen in NJ with albino-like traits. I have a black bear that lives in my property in our luxury cave system of large granite boulders. They generally don’t bother with us humans; there’s lots of open space in the Federal Wildlife Preserve across the street.
“there’s lots of open space in the Federal Wildlife Preserve across the street”
We abut the Coeur d’Alene National Forest which is 1,100 sq miles of wilderness. There’s another couple thousand sq miles of wilderness adjoining it. So where do all the deer go? Of course they come to our towns and neighborhoods to eat our gardens. When people complain about the deer overpopulation, the liberal kooks say “the deer were here first and our construction has forced them to eat our plants.” But why can’t they be satisfied with 5,000 sq miles of wilderness home for them? Because they like the easy life of eating the smorgasbords the humans put out for them.