Idaho Town Evicts Sleepy Grizzly Bear

New York Times ^ | 11/21/2003 | Associated Press

[byrony]

November 21, 2003 Idaho Town Evicts Sleepy Grizzly Bear By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 8:30 a.m. ET

DRIGGS, Idaho (AP) -- A grizzly bear that had been hanging out in doorways and garages has been evicted and run out of the state.

Wildlife managers from Idaho and Wyoming were able to capture a 2-year-old female grizzly Wednesday morning. The bear had been sleeping on people's porches and in garages for nearly a week.

By now, most bears have found a place to hibernate for the winter.

Idaho Fish and Game biologist Gregg Losinski said this could be the young bear's first winter on her own and maybe her denning instinct was confused. He said the homes probably looked warm and inviting to her.

The bear is being moved to a remote location near Cody, Wyo.

[byrony]

Those damn homeless bears.

[JohnGalt]

I lived in Driggs the year after college, and visited again last summer. Every local has a bear story, just like every Australian has a shark story.

[correctthought]

He can have a home on my living room floor, if he doesn't mind being much flatter and having a glassy eye-ed look.

[dljordan]

Welfare bear. They could find a Greenie that would let it sleep in their bedroom for the winter.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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