[muir_redwoods]

I live in Connecticut and black bears are a real problem. Three or four times the idiotic legislature has killed bills introducing a bear hunting season and now the bears are everywhere. I had one on my deck trying to get at potted flowers.

[marktwain]

I live in Connecticut and black bears are a real problem.

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I am working on an article where Connecticut’s experince is important. There are nine other states surrounding Connecticut which have bear populations and bear hunting.

Connecticut has about ten times as many bear problems per 100 bears and about ten times as many home invasions per 100 bears as the surrounding states which have bear hunting.

[JeemBeau]

A bear was recently seen in the North End of Springfield, Mass. Years back, a juvenile bear walked around downtown Northampton, attracted by smells from the restaurants.