Final week, a black bear entered the house of an aged couple in Stateline, Nevada, close to South Lake Tahoe, as a result of it was on the lookout for meals. The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) says each 87-year-old residents sustained “minor hand accidents” from the bear.
“In accordance with NDOW recreation wardens, a male home-owner entered his storage at roughly 4:30 a.m. and unexpectedly encountered a bear that had been trying to find meals,” the division states in a press release. “As he backed away, the bear scratched his hand and adopted him into the home. At one level, earlier than leaving the house, the bear additionally scratched the 87-year-old feminine home-owner. The bear in the end exited the house. Each people had been handled by medical personnel and launched from the hospital.”
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Shawn Espinosa, recreation division administrator for NDOW, stated: “Bears are nonetheless experiencing hyperphagia, or a part the place they construct up as many energy as doable earlier than going into their dens for winter. To make sure bears make their methods to their dens, it is vital that residents safe attractants.”
NDOW reminds residents residing in bear nation to take the next precautions to forestall related conditions:
- Safe your rubbish.
- Take away attractants out of your yard (chicken feeders, chicken seed, pet meals, and so forth.)
- Clear soiled barbecues after use.
- Take away meals, trash, and different scented objects from automobiles.
- Safe doorways and home windows when you’re not dwelling.
- Set up electrical fencing round beehives and hen coops.
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