This is NORMAL bear behavior when bears are not hunted. Here in the Pocono Mountains, about 75 miles from downtown New York City, a bear went into our barn, killed a goat and dragged her out. The other bears have climbed over the fences to our pastures (4' high woven wire), killed sheep and then picked up the sheep and carried them back out of the field. These were adult sheep weighing about 150 lbs.
Bears will eat anything they can get away with. They have killed mostly women and children here in the Eastern USA.
WOW Pocono Mountains!!!!
My uncle owns a mansion in Hemlock Farms. That is somewhere in the Poconos. He is member of the local country club there and I had the privilege to spend some time on their golf course and swimming pool. They even have black bears in Hemlock Farms. Twentyfive years ago I chased one together with my dog up a tree in my uncle's garden. I am happy that the bear had no intention to eat me up. As I already said - I was a crazy kid then.
The problem with our German bear is that he kills about 10 sheep a week. This is much more than normal. The other bears in the Alps kill about the same number every year.
Greetings to the Pocono's from Germany Lake Constance
Andreas