Greater Los Angeles is Highly Developed Metropolis... With a Bear Problem

[georged]

Sounds hard to believe, but the 500 billion people and 800 billion cars in SoCal haven't managed to scare away the bears.

Sierra Madre cancels outdoor event due to increased bear encounters

The city of Sierra Madre has scrapped at least one community event over concerns that a bear could crash the party. A Friday night family campout in Memorial Park dubbed ‘A Night Under the Stars’ h…

ktla.com

 

[Frog Snacks]

Up here we have a lot of black bears, We hunt them to keep them managable, they're delicious in the spring and fatty and gross in the fall, I wouldn't want to eat city bears from California though, they probably sustain themselves by sucking the shit out of diapers in landfills and dumpsters.

 

[macaroni]

WTF @georged LOL
mike

 

[username]

I mean the bear on the flag didnt give it away?

 

[warren]

Bears, Black Bears in particular, go where the food is. In my neighborhood the bears, seriously, know when garbage pick-up days are. The cans go out to the end of the driveway and bears show up. It's a veritable smorgasbord for them.

 

[sablebrush52]

Bears, schmears, who cares. It's the mountain lions that you have to watch out for.

 

[warren]

It's the mountain lions that you have to watch out for.

They, like the Black Bear, enjoy a house pet now and then. We have a sow and two cubs enjoying our neighborhood so rabbit hutches aren't safe. A Brown resided close by a couple of years ago. Some neighbors inadvertanly baited them with their family of Llamas. Living in the city or the hinterlands can be interesting when it comes to wildlife.

I used to visit my brother in Rancho Santa Fe years ago. There were a couple of empty lots across the street. Rabbits scream when a mountain lion grabs 'em. I always thought they were more or less mute.

 

[Servant King]

@sablebrush52 hey, that's a very short distance east of the Center of the Known Universe!

Errr...until the center moved, anyways.

 

[sardonicus87]

The place pointed to on the map is right next to a national forest. What did they expect?

Reminds me one time I was looking at reviews of this campground that's located next to a river. One person gave it 1/5 stars because there were mosquitoes. It's a campsite, in the woods, next to a river...

Also, if, I were a bear, I don't think I'd be afraid of random humans that didn't have guns regardless. I'd just be all "gimmie that picnic basket, you little b----. What you going to do about it?" Then I'd give them the finger to show them how long my claws are while snarling.

 

[brian64]

If the bears go where the food is, maybe they'll show up at the city's $44,000.00 per tent homeless camp complete with catering services.

Los Angeles officials prioritized speed over cost while building a new city-sanction tent village for homeless people in East Hollywood, reportedly shelling out $44,000 for each individual tent — about the price of a new Tesla Model Y.

All told, it cost about $4 million to put up fencing, bathrooms, and staffing facilities for the village. Catering services and 24-7 staffing cost an additional $3 million per year, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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[Brendan]

Not the type of "Bear" I'd be worried about over there.

 

[Peter Turbo]

I'm sure it will get resolved swiftly by Lord Newsom, just like the tent city/homeless situation.
Thank goodness for our noble lords and ladies. What an amazing state to live in

 

[captpat]

Nature will find a way. In the 20 years we lived in a city near DC we saw a 3-fold increase in whitetail deer, at least that much in squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits; then came fox, coyote, and all sorts of raptors. Of course, vultures/buzzards came along to clean things up. Our neighbor here in NC gave up growing watermelons in their garden since most of the crop was consumed by bears.

 

[orlandofurioso]

They make for good traffic controllers too :

 

[FurCoat]

Bears, schmears, who cares. It's the mountain lions that you have to watch out for.

True dat

 

[georged]

Bears, schmears, who cares. It's the mountain lions that you have to watch out for.

Mountain lions schmountain lions, it's them tigres you have to watch out for.