bears

Granby is now going to try and stop people from intentionally feeding bears. It’s a problem NBC Connecticut has been following for a while and there have been reports of cars hitting bears and some families scared to go out into their own backyard. With bears often parading through their backyard in Granby, the Bunz family has been concerned...

North Haven officials are reminding people about the Dos and Don’ts when it comes to bears as the town sees an uptick in sightings.

Experts say bear sightings are on the rise and reminding residents to take basic precautions to limit encounters.

Westport police are warning residents to keep an eye out after several sightings of a bear, one of which included an encounter with someone gardening. According to police, a man was outside gardening at a home on Highland Road Wednesday afternoon when the bear reportedly put a paw on him. The man was not hurt and the bear was not…

A wild brown bear went on an 8-hour rampage in Sapporo, Japan, injuring four people before it was shot dead.

Now after years of complaints about bears, the town of Granby is taking action to potentially tackle what might be behind part of the problem. Amid growing concerns about bears in Granby, Valerie Eastwood says her dog named Murphy was attacked by a bear in her fenced-in backyard in April. “It was very traumatic,” said Eastwood. “He didn’t have...

Now after years of complaints about bears, the town of Granby is taking action to potentially tackle what might be behind part of the problem.

Some people in Granby are hoping to follow the lead of five other communities in the state to stop people from feeding bears. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection discourages the practice but there is no statewide ban. When the Bunz family moved into what they thought was their dream home in Granby this winter, they expected some wildlife…

Trumbull police are warning residents to be on the lookout for bears after multiple sightings Friday. Police said they received several reports of a bear getting into garbage and bird feeds in the neighborhoods on Barnswallow Drive, Scenic Hill Road and Deer Run Friday morning. Some reported the bear tried to get into homes. One resident had to haze, or…

Environmental conservation police rescued a mother bear and a couple of her cubs that were getting into some mischief at a home in Canton. Officers with EnCon police in the northwest sector responded to the home and safely tranquilized the bears, with some help from the wildlife division. They were then removed from the area and moved to a more…

A home surveillance video caught three bears entering an SUV earlier this week in Avon, Connecticut.

There was a car break-in in Avon this week and it was caught on camera. It’s a good thing too, because you might not believe it without seeing it yourself. Those breaking in, were not even human. With its proximity to the Farmington River and heavily wooded surroundings, Anvil Drive is the type of area where black bears commonly...

An Avon homeowner’s surveillance camera captured three bears breaking into his SUV this week.

With warmer weather on the way, bear sightings are expected to start picking up. “Once the weather warms up and we lose snow, then many of the bears will get up and start looking for food,” said Paul Rego, a wildlife biologist with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. While the snow in your front yard may be long…

State wildlife experts say we are likely to see more bears in backyards as the warmer weather brings them out of hibernation.

A Japanese town is using a robot wolf with flashing lights to scare away bears that have become a problem in the countryside.

Foxes, bobcats, bears oh my! Those are the sentiments of residents in the West Hartford area as they’ve been dealing with an overwhelming amount of bear sightings. “From far away there cute but when they get close it makes me nervous,” said Kristy Wells, a resident of West Hartford. Bear sightings are common in Connecticut. “ It’s like animal...

The DEEP says there have been more reports of bears entering homes in Connecticut this year than ever before.

We’re hearing from the man who put his own life in danger to save his dogs when a bear attacked.

Black bears in Connecticut have been waking up from hibernation for about two months now, but bear sightings and activity really start to pick up this time of the year. Just this morning, Suffield resident Alex Fraser saw a black bear taking a stroll through the neighborhood. “I noticed a bear coming up from our fields that are behind our…