The number of black bears has QUADRUPLED at Yosemite...beasts migrate there

Daily Mail ^

[SJackson]

The number of black bears has QUADRUPLED at Yosemite since the park closed due to coronavirus as the beasts migrate there while visitors stay away

'The National Park Service (NPS) is working with the federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.'

Ranger Katie, a biologist who's worked with black bears for over a decade, said in a Facebook live stream video that the animals are now having a 'party' since humans have been barred from visiting.

There can be literally walls of cars, stop-and-go traffic or people in the park,' she said.

'So, for the bears, they normally have pick through these little corridors that they have to move through in the valley to get from Point A to Point B. ... Now, that there are no people the bears are literally just walking down the road to get to where they need to go, which is kind of cool to see.'

The park shared a video on Twitter showing a black bear running through a meadow in the park.

[marktwain]

Is that law why it’s impossible, or nearly so, to buy venison at a store?

Yes. In most of the rest of the world, it is commercially available.

[riverrunner]

With DNA testing one can tell the legal from illegal.

With 10’s of thousands of legal bears harvested.

The price would drop and reduce the pressure to illegally harvest.