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Dog_Folks
Nov 06, 2013Explorer
kodiak 308 wrote:
This doesn't came as a surprise since all along the coast from Pensacola to Apalachicola bears are seen frequently. Panama City area has several instances a year where they get into garbage cans and wander thru back yards. In the last couple of years there have been many sightings further inland close to the Alabama state line. Florida FWC would tell you different but then they are the same folks that told us alligators were endangered.
I am not sticking up for FWC but alligators WERE, at one time, endangered.
Bears have become much more prevalent over the entire state of Florida, not just in the panhandle. They are now being seen in populated areas much more frequently.
They are very common in central/south Florida, as evidenced by "Bears Crossing" signs that have been along US 27 south of Sebring. They have been there for years.
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