Bears

"Our dispatchers are being inundated with these calls about Hank. It's affecting their ability to give their full attention to emergency calls," police said.

The enormous 500-pound bear has broken into dozens of homes in South Lake Tahoe Keys and could face euthanasia.

The presence of grizzlies affects how long wolves will stay at the scene of their kills, new research has shown.

The 500-pound bear smashed into a South Lake Tahoe Keys home with the residents still inside on Friday until it was scared off by police.

The rescue center said the bears had been reluctant to leave the warmth of their dens previously.

Hiker Steven Varela, who caught the moment on camera, said: "The bear just got up, looked around for a bit in confusion, and then ran off again."

The man told 911 dispatchers he had "accidentally shot his brother while loading a gun."

A homeowner inadvertently destroyed the den while they were clearing a brush pile from their property.

Colorado's Operation Game Thief has received more than 2,400 reports of poaching, with more than 700 convictions for related offenses handed out.

"He is quite a sight to see snoozing there. He is so dreary eyed and it was weird having a bear stare at you then fall back to sleep," a Facebook post said.

The Ring footage was captured at a family home near Ocala National Park.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are attempting to capture the black bear.

It is thought the bear that attacked the woman was protecting her cubs at the time.

The bears have settled well into their new home after being forced to pose for selfies with tourists in the past.

"People die of bears all the time," Kirk said on Friday while downplaying the severity of COVID-19.

The Alaskan man used nothing but his voice and body to deter the ferocious animal, in a video viewed over five million times.

Bears in Florida do not hibernate due to the area's climate and remain active.

The man told news outlets it appeared the bear and her cub were setting up a nest in the crawlspace with plants they dug up.

The 21-year-old black bear was found to have several health problems, including liver and dental disease, after it was rescued from a backyard in northwest Vietnam.

"I looked up and there it was jumping on the reindeer. I was laughing to myself out in the street," said a witness.

These dog breeds—large, small and everything in between—are barely distinguishable from the real ursine deal.

The video was filmed inside a 7-Eleven by Lake Tahoe, as the bear appeared to open the store's door by itself and activated the hand sanitizer machine.

I could feel my front, face, back and arms being attacked by the bear, it was absolutely terrifying. It felt like being slashed up with knives and it was all in the dark, so I couldn't see what was coming from where.

North Carolina officials who rescued the black bear cub determined that she was unsuitable for release back into the wild.

"We've had bears wander through before, but none settling in," resident Michael Payne said.

Prosecutors alleged that Yan Fong met with an undercover game warden who was purportedly selling illegally obtained wildlife parts and carcasses.

John Holden attributed the break-in to the smell of the fried chicken, which he thinks was too tempting for the bears to resist.

Nuptials in Mexico were stopped in their tracks by an unexpected ursine visitor.

"I can hear him right behind me and feel him breathing on my back," said the hunter. "Then I feel a paw on my lap."

A conservation officer managed to coax the bears out with a stick.