hello, Would someone please try to see if this is a "pet" bear released by its "owner"?? with laws in Ohio so lax when it comes to wild animals , this could be a pet and thats why it is used to humans.....looking for his next meal. PLEASE.... before some "mighty" hunter kills a poor animal looking for humans to give them food.

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biogeek-Your absolutely correct. It's the coyotes out here that get your little pets.

Actually, the comment that black bears eat dogs and cats is incorrect. Black bears are not active predators. Mostly, they eat bugs and plants. The vast majority of vertebrates they consume is carrion (i.e. things that are already dead and were stumbled upon). Honestly, your garbage is in far more danger than Fido.

Would like to know the sex of the bear(s) in the video and photos (if possible) because young males will travel far and wide to stake out new territory and a mate but will likely not establish a long term foothold in the area if there are no females with whom to mate. If the any of the bears are female then we may possibly be witnessing a range expansion (reclamation really). Personally, I'd like to see bears in our area and have been interested in uncommon wildlife ever since I saw a cougar in 1995. Sorry about loading the message board up with my posts, as you can probably tell I'm pretty excited. -Just a suggestion, a story on the wall lizards in the Cincinnati area (Fort Thomas, Delhi, Sadamsville, Western Hills, Spring Grove area, Mount Adams. and pretty much the whole East side) would be cool. It could tie-in due to the fact that the wall lizards are spreading their range exponentially and that most people in Cincinnati don't know that you can find lizards in the area (just like the bear!). O.K., I'm really done now. Thank Gawd, huuh!

9 News should contact and interview Mr. Bill Reichling of the Eastern Puma Research Network. As I understand, he has tracked black bear (in addition to cougars)in the Shawnee Lookout area and Greater Cincinnati. http://www.wcpo.com/mostpopular/story/Women-Report-Cougar-Sightings-In-Warren-Co/sdLj0xhN50SkMm14H-HXoQ.cspx

Just wanted to seperate the links I posted below for easier cut and paste. I will seperate each individual link with a series of asterisks ****** (seems hitting enter - a line break- won't space out them after the comment has posted): ******************************************* http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Bears-Spotted-In-Tri-State/hQy8dy_MSEmIbsbuROtzQQ.cspx ***************************************** http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/06/26/loc_loc2bear.html ****************************************** http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/06/04/loc_kybear04.html ************************************** http://web.archive.org/web/20070317120729/http://www.kypost.com/2004/07/14/bear071404.html ********* Like I said below, we shouldn't be surprised and genne37 I agree with you, I doubt that these sightings are all from one renegade bear.

This ia not the same bear travleing to all these differt counties.Bears do eat dogs and cats too.Now I bet all the hunters are going to be out to kill the bears.

Remember this story: http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Bears-Spotted-In-Tri-State/hQy8dy_MSEmIbsbuROtzQQ.cspx Or how about this story: http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/06/26/loc_loc2bear.html or this: http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/06/04/loc_kybear04.html maybe this one: http://web.archive.org/web/20070317120729/http://www.kypost.com/2004/07/14/bear071404.html We really shouldn't be very surprised about another bear sighting. I wonder how many go unreported for fear of criticism?

One last thing. I remember when I was a kid (in the 80's) that if someone would say that they had seen a deer in Fort Thomas (Kentucky) or a wild turkey in Saylor Park (Cincinnati, Ohio) or a coyote in Cleves (Ohio) they would have certainly been at the least scoffed at or laughed and made the subject of jokes. I have within the past 12 months seen all of the above animals in the areas noted and it is now considered fairly common to see them there; no one would be skeptical. I suspect that in our relatively short time inhabiting this continent (en mass) that we are now just beginning to see the rebound of life that is much more resilient than most would have ever suspected. Really, did we just expect the animals to lay down and die, stop reproducing, and stop surviving just because we built cities? It has just taken wildlife this period of time to adapt, adjust, and overcome (and benefit from in some cases) human habitat. We had better learn to live with them (and the link in the story to Bear facts is a good start). Thanks for your attention, I do realise I have been a little long-winded and will keep my posts more concise after this one.