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ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST ARE
USED TO SEEING BEARS COME DOWN.
MAYBE THEY TAKE A DIP IN A POOL
OR OVERTURN A TRASH CAN, BUT
ONE
SEEING BEARS ON THE STREET FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND FOR SOME
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WANT
GONE.
NBC4’S DARSHA PHILIPS WITH
MORE.
>> Reporter: THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
IN VERDUGO HILLS OF BURBANK
FLANKED BY
FREEWAY HAS NEW VISITORS
LONGTIME RESIDENTS HAVE NEVER
SEEN.
>>
>> Reporter: BLACK BEARS
THEIR WAVE -- WAY INTO HOW --
DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
THESE VIDEOS WERE TAKEN
RESIDENTS OVER THE PAST SIX
WEEKS AND ACCORDING TO PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THE BEARS
A MAMA BEAR AS WELL AS HER CUBS.
>> I WENT INTO THE KITCHEN
PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE AND
I TURN AROUND AND THE BEAR IS
RIGHT THERE.
>> Reporter: DIANA RIO SAID SHE
CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH A BEAR
STARING AT HER THROUGH HER GLASS
PATIO DOOR
AJAR.
>> I FROZE AND I SLOWLY BACKED
UP AND CLOSED
THAT’S TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
ENCOUNTER SHE CONTACT THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH
AND WILDLIFE.
TODAY A MEETING WAS HELD AND
NOT EVERYONE AGREED THAT THE
BEARS ARE A
>> WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT
THEIR BEHAVIOR
UNLIKELY IT WILL COME AFTER US.
>> Reporter: A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM
OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SAY BLACK
BEARS GENERALLY LEAVE PEOPLE
ALONE AND IF THEY GET TOO CLOSE
TO
TO SCARE THEM AWAY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE SAYS BLACK BEAR
ATTACKS ON HUMANS ARE RARE.
>> WE THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 700
TO 800,000 BLACK BEARS ACROSS
ALL OF NORTH AMERICA.
FEWER THAN ONE PERSON IS
ACTUALLY FATALLY INJURED BY A
BLACK THERE EVERY YEAR.
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THE FATAL ATTACK ON A MAN IN
ARIZONA AND SAY THEY WANT THE
BEARS RELOCATED.
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH
AND WILDLIFE SAYS TYPICALLY
RELOCATION DOES NOT WORK
BECAUSE BEARS TEND TO GO BACK
TO WHERE THEY ORIGINATED FROM