HARTFORD — Environmental officials have determined that a black bear found dead last week in Roxbury had been shot.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said Tuesday its investigation revealed that the bear's carcass likely was dumped on the Roxbury Land Trust property. A necropsy confirmed the male adult bear was shot.
The bear was found adjacent to Upper County Road at about 8 a.m. Wednesday.
DEEP says it is still trying to determine where the bear was shot and by whom.
In Connecticut, black bears are a protected species and bear hunting is illegal. Officials say a bear can only be killed if it's acting in a threatening manner or poses harm to a person
May 10, 2016
NEW HAVEN, CT- A black bear was spotted in three different city neighborhoods Tuesday.
Police got calls about a bear in Cedar Hill, East Rock and Fair Haven starting around sunrise, said Officer David Hartman, police spokesman.
One motorist on Willow Street said the bear was nearly hit.
Keeping garbage securely stored, harvesting ripe fruit and vegetables and storing pet food indoors can help keep local bears away, Hartman said.
It's not the first time a bear was sighted in the city. Last year a juvenile bear made appearances in Fair Haven Heights around Russel Street. Tuesday's bear was last seen heading toward East Rock, possible for French Press coffee, Hartman said.
May 23, 2016
CORNWALL, CT (WFSB) - It was quite a surprise for one Connecticut mother when a bear and her two cubs got a little too close for comfort. “This is claw marks from the little guy and the mom just jumped right through the screen,” said Jenilyn Schweitzer, of Cornwall.
One of the cubs became trapped inside part of her home while her children were inside. “ I thought it was really cute and I started taking pictures,” Schweitzer said.
But within just a few minutes, she was overcome by fear when the mama bear started to climb up her door. “The mama cub came here and she started to climb up on the door and that’s when I realized it wasn’t cute anymore,” Schweitzer said. S econds later, she said her unexpected visitors decided to come inside her screened-in porch.
“She jumped literally through the screen door and in the meantime when the door was open a little baby cub came in and somehow the door closed behind him,” Schweitzer said.
She said she kept snapping pictures as the mother tried to rescue her cub.
“I can’t go out and open the door for the cub. So I’m like ‘oh my gosh’,” Schweitzer said. “The mama bear started freaking out trying to get him out.” Schweitzer said the mama bear decided to take matters into her own paws.
“Somehow the mom jumped up and back through the door and literally turned around and opened the door for the baby cub. Then they ran away,” Schweitzer said. She said she was watching this all unfold from inside her home. Once the bears got inside this screened-in porch, she knew she had to call 911 for help.
“My daughter could have been sitting right there at the picnic table and a bear could have literally jump through the screen,” Schweitzer said.
By the time police were dispatched, mama bear and her cubs had made a clean getaway, but not before leaving behind some damage.
It’s unclear why the bear chose her house, as Schweitzer said she didn’t have any food or garbage out.
Played golf last night with a guy who hunts near Bantam Lake and last deer season he had his back towards a steep ridge and he had a bear come up behind him. When he turned to see what was making the noise it was 6 ft away and about 6ft up the slope, so it could have jumped right into his lap. He said he began yelling to scare it off and it began slapping it's jaws together,....threatening him back!!
Where's my tin foil hat, gotta wait for the space ship to arrive.
Well, it WAS brown, and it WAS definitely a bear!
His front paws are injured and the wardens have been watching since he was born about 2-1/2 year ago. Still, very strange seeing it walk like that for long distances.
Healthy though? Not sure about that.
All Bears have two ear tags (sometimes they fall out) RED means it was the color used in 2015 (and other Years).
A local Cornwall Bear is "275" the 27th Bear captured and the 5 means 2015.
They have used Yellow in 2009 and are using it in 2016.
