Bears are back looking for love, food or both

Two specimen make an appearance last week.

  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission bear biologists Teri Graves (left) and Allan Hallman, set up a bear trap using doughnuts as bait hoping to capture a 300-pound bear that was recently perched in a tree near Interstate 75. (KAREN PARKER/FWC)
    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission bear biologists Teri Graves (left) and Allan Hallman, set up a bear trap using doughnuts as bait hoping to capture a 300-pound bear that was recently perched in a tree near Interstate 75. (KAREN PARKER/FWC)
Two Florida black bears, on the prowl for food or bear love, were sighted in local residential and commercial areas last week. “They become more active this time of the year because it’s mating…

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