In a place where bears often show up looking for a quick bite to eat, residents who provide the meal will be fined up to $400 for the fifth offense. For dogs caught at large, financial penalties ...

ASHEVILLE — After a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed Oct. 30 due to reports of park visitors feeding and attempting to hold a bear, no one has been fined or cited for what bear ...

No bear hunts, no drastic rules ... Gone is a provision for people who unintentionally feed bears — say as the result of having a bird feeder. If they had been warned but continue, then it ...

Recommended Videos But don't feed the birds ... and not for humans. The bears may ultimately be killed because they no longer fear people. He grew up in Bozeman, Montana, and has fond memories ...

Bears have even been observed to climb up trees to get to the food source. “There’s really no reason to have supplemental feeding for birds during summer, as they have plenty of food sources ...

No humans in Tennessee have been hurt ... You can help keep bears wild and prevent dangerous human-bear interactions by avoiding feeding or approaching a bear, securing garbage and recycling ...

(AP) — Don’t feed the bears! Wildlife biologists and forest rangers ... mountain chickadees in the wild during the winter has no effect on their population dynamics.” Sonnenberg said he ...

The bears may ultimately be killed because they no longer fear people. "Should you feed the bears? Of course not," Sonnenberg said. "But given the millions of people that are feeding birds around ...

Don't feed the bears! Wildlife biologists and forest rangers ... these mountain chickadees in the wild during the winter has no effect on their population dynamics." Sonnenberg said he understood ...

(AP) — Don’t feed the bears! Wildlife biologists and forest rangers ... mountain chickadees in the wild during the winter has no effect on their population dynamics.” Sonnenberg said he ...