"As the bear population keeps growing, we're going to have a lot more cases like these."

State officials are keeping a close eye on the bear population.

The agency places the ideal bear population at about 300.

Without any natural predators, the black bear population here is believed to be growing, pushing its way over the 10,000 mark.

He put the state's bear population at about 7,500 and growing, despite an attempt to keep the level stable through hunting.

The current bear population in Florida is estimated at more than 3,000 bears.

The town had a large bear population well into the late nineteenth century.

The goal is to reduce the bear population to about 300.

Yet the polar bear population is actually bigger now than it was in the 1940s.

These salmon fish food sources are expected to support more bear populations in the years ahead.