We are up to our ears in bears in Florida................
Do alligators, too.
Black bears raid our garbage dump regularly at night.
(NE Florida).
Not long ago, a friend of mine in a suburb near Orlando had a bear push through the screen enclosure around his pool so that she and her cub could enjoy the comfort of a swim and a nap on a hot summer day. After that, they enjoyed dinner by prying up a neighbor’s garage door to get at a large bag of dog food inside. From there, it was back to their home in the woods nearby.