Asbury Park Press: Bear activity decreases despite news

Photo Credit: Colleen Krol
Last week’s reported bear attack got more publicity than the one in April when a bear on a porch in White Township, Warren County, swatted a guy back into his kitchen and the one last year where a Passaic County guy walking his dog was knocked down by a bear that injured his dog.
Bear activity decreased this year as usual following in the year after a bear hunt. Fish & Wildlife’s bear activity for Jan. 1-July 20 year shows a decline of 28.40 percent, plus 42.68 percent less damage and nuisance reports, 760 of the latter, compared to 1,326 in the same 2011 period.




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