A Connecticut lady returned to her dwelling on Monday to search out that a bear had damaged in, and her cat had damaged out, in line with a number of experiences.

Talking to CBS affiliate station WFSB, Shannon Davis stated the bear rummaged by her kitchen earlier than leaving, indicating that the bear was possible "food-conditioned."

"A bear that learns to go looking out human meals is known as being 'food-conditioned,'" stated Maintain Bears Wild, a company devoted to serving to shield black bears in Yosemite Nationwide Park.

"Typically bears which are food-conditioned will start to lose their pure concern of people and change into 'habituated' to individuals. These behaviors regularly lead to harm to autos and different property," the group continued.

Bear in suburban area
A Connecticut lady returned to her dwelling on Monday to search out that a bear had damaged in, and her cat had damaged out. Fortunately, the girl reported there was minimal harm from the encounter.mouse_sonya/istock

Sadly, food-conditioned bears are sometimes euthanized, as they pose an enormous threat to public security.

Davis advised WFSB that she did not discover something uncommon when she first arrived dwelling. However as soon as she noticed her cat sitting exterior, observing a window, she knew that hazard was afoot.

"It was only a bizarre look on the cat and I did not discover the display screen was out and I noticed a shadow stroll by the window," she stated.

Davis defined the bear broke in by a window and raided her kitchen. As soon as it was performed, the animal banged on one of many dwelling's doorways and exited by Davis's bed room window. Happily, the bear did not go away a lot harm in its wake.

"There was a lollipop caught to the rug. It pulled out the snack tray. It was pulled to the sting however there was solely a package deal of vanilla wafers and people dots and that was it," Davis advised WFSB.

In fact, this would not be the primary time a habituated bear broke into somebody's dwelling in quest of meals.

In November, a California man returned dwelling to discover a bear devouring a bucket of hen he'd left on the kitchen counter. The person, John Holden, advised ABC7 that he'd had a number of bear encounters earlier than that time. Nonetheless, none of these bears had ever damaged into his dwelling.

"I've really had them stumble upon me a pair [of] instances within the yard, however undoubtedly by no means in the home like that. That was one thing else and so they positive made a multitude of the place," he stated.

In June of final 12 months, a California couple awoke to a bear raiding their pantry. Fortunately, the bear was actually "chill," and did nothing however eat.

And in September, one other hungry California bear broke into a girl's dwelling by snapping a door in half.