{"id":1222,"date":"2023-05-31T08:55:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2023-05-31T08:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:55:57","slug":"video-black-bear-strolls-through-parade-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"Video: Black Bear Strolls Through Parade Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"orgnc-SingleImage-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<p>The bear lumbered past dogs, kids, and even an ice cream truck. <span class=\"orgnc-SingleImage-credit\">Steve Phillips \/ Facebook<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The black bear saga continues in Avon, Connecticut, where one bear dodged pedestrians while running through the Memorial Day parade route on May 29. This occurred just two days after a bear stole 60 cupcakes from a town bakery . Despite the documented <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/DEEP\/Wildlife\/Bears\/The-Basics-of-Living-with-Black-Bears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">problems<\/a> that occur when bears become habituated to humans, some Avon residents seem charmed by both incidents rather than concerned.<\/p>\n<p>One video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.phillips.3348\/videos\/909605556787874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted to Facebook<\/a> shows a large, ear-tagged black bear loping through crowds seated along Route 44 in Avon on May 29. It was likely recorded before or after the Memorial Day parade. People shout \u201cBear!\u201d as it runs along the sidewalk and through the landscaping of various storefronts and restaurants. Some parents walk their kids into the busy street to avoid the bear, while others just turn around and watch, seemingly unfazed. The bear doesn\u2019t make any aggressive moves toward the onlookers and is still running up the street when the video ends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsteve.phillips.3348%2Fvideos%2F909605556787874%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to be scared of, he\u2019s walking away,\u201d a parade viewer says from behind the camera. \u201cHe\u2019s afraid of us,\u201d another voice says. Both sound like parents assuring their children that the bear is not a threat.<\/p>\n<p>But those comments seem more like wishful thinking rather than an accurate assessment of the situation. Some bears in Connecticut\u2014which has a soaring and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/hunting\/connecticut-black-bear-attack\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still unhunted<\/a> black bear population\u2014are largely unafraid of humans. As black bears across the state become more conditioned to human food, thanks in part to Connecticut\u2019s lack of state laws on garbage control and feeding wildlife, they\u2019re becoming bolder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConflicts with humans will continue to increase,\u201d Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection writes on its website. (DEEP did not immediately respond to a request for comment.) \u201cFood-conditioned bears pose a greater risk to public safety and often cause more property damage to houses, cars, pets, and livestock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This pretty well describes the black bear that strolled into the garage of an Avon bakery on May 27 in search of cupcakes.<\/p>\n<p>The bear walked into an open garage bay where employees were preparing for a delivery. (It is unclear if this is the same bear that would eventually run through the parade route, although both are large and have white collars.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tastebyspellbound\/videos\/1307721763433661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Footage posted on Facebook<\/a> shows the bear dragging a tray with 60 cupcakes into the parking lot and chowing down. But according to the video\u2019s caption, the cupcake-stealing bear is perfectly friendly, afraid of humans, and absolutely adorable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftastebyspellbound%2Fvideos%2F1307721763433661%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=380&amp;t=0\" width=\"380\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few facts: No bears will be harmed. They have not hurt anyone and will be totally ok. No need to worry,\u201d Taste by Spellbound Bakery\u2019s Facebook post reads. \u201cThey are more scared of us than us of them. We all have had a good laugh about it at this point and think the bears are cute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The odds that the bear will \u201cbe totally ok\u201d are slim. Food-conditioned and habituated bears are much more likely to be euthanized than their wilder counterparts. (There\u2019s even a popular turn-of-phrase that supports this fact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grte\/learn\/news\/highly-food-conditioned-grizzly-bear-euthanized.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a fed bear is a dead bear<\/a>.) This is exactly what happened in April, when officials euthanized a black bear after it bit a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Avon Police Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avonct.gov\/sites\/g\/files\/vyhlif151\/f\/uploads\/black_bear_guidelines_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">black bear protocol<\/a> requires euthanasia for all bears that enter dwellings. APD doesn\u2019t classify a garage as a dwelling, but this black bear could just as easily be euthanized for a similar offense while looking for next week\u2019s meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/survival\/black-bear-breaks-into-car\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giant Connecticut Black Bear Breaks into a Car, Won\u2019t Exit the Vehicle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Avon <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-03-black-connecticut-trash-pets-ear.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">led the state<\/a> in bear sightings in 2021 and had <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/-\/media\/DEEP\/wildlife\/pdf_files\/The-State-of-the-Bears.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of the highest concentrations<\/a> of sightings, conflicts, and home entries in 2022. As of March 2023, no town ordinance is in place prohibiting the intentional feeding of black bears.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js-js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/conservation\/video-connecticut-black-bear-strolls-through-crowd\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bear lumbered past dogs, kids, and even an ice cream truck. Steve Phillips \/ Facebook The black bear saga continues in Avon, Connecticut, where one bear dodged pedestrians while running through the Memorial Day parade route on May 29. 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