black bear

An increase in bear sightings has led Connecticut legislators to consider allowing hunters to kill the animals.

Connecticut legislators are trying to get a handle on an increase in bear encounters in the state with multiple bills. Connecticut has 169 municipalities, and 158 of them reported bear sightings in 2022.

A 250-pound black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut and tried to drag him away before the animal was fatally shot by police, authorities said.

Property was damaged in Monroe over the weekend by bears.

A woman in Avon, Connecticut, received an uninvited guest over the weekend while baking brownies. A black bear showed up at the back deck of the…

Connecticut wildlife officials said they have euthanized a bear that approached a hiker in Burlington last week. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than…