Bear conflicts rise
This undated photo released by the Kentucky Department of Parks shows a bear climbing on a pickup truck at Kingdom Come State Park near Cumberland, Ky. With black bear populations rising, run-ins have become almost commonplace — more than 15,000 in the past year in states east of the Mississippi River, according to a survey of state wildlife agencies. (AP photo)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Bobby Koger was deer hunting on a Kentucky hillside when a black bear gave him the fright of his life. A 300-pound animal, apparently unhappy that an intruder was on his turf, came charging and didn’t stop until Koger raised his .50 caliber muzzleloading rifle and fired from point-blank range. A hunting companion who witnessed the attack from a distance also shot the bruin, which wheeled, ran a short distance and collapsed. Conservation officers concluded that they fired in self-defense at a bear that had lost its natural fear of humans. With black bear populations rising, run-ins have become almost commonplace — more than 15,000 in the past year in states east of the Mississippi River according to a survey of state wildlife agencies. Canadian bear researcher Hank Hristienko, who conducted the survey in January, found that 18 eastern states were seeing more encounters with bears.
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