In my conversation with the Massachusetts bear biologist, Dave Wadell (sp?), he said they don't move bears unless the bear is wandering around a highly developed area, like in this case when the bear was in downtown Worcester.
On Wed, May 15, 2024, 10:53 AM ROY HARVEY <royhar...@comcast.net> wrote: > Franklin Park is planning "safety improvements" to upgrade the Bear Dens: > www.boston.gov/improvements-franklin-park-bear-dens > > Does anyone know the process by which the state determines when and where > to move a bear? > > If so, can the Select Board or Town Meeting request them to do so? > > > Roy > > On 05/15/2024 9:39 AM EDT Rich Rosenbaum <s...@bcdef.com> wrote: > > > Not just LIncoln. > > https://massbears.wordpress.amherst.edu/ > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 9:27 AM Sasha Golden <sashagol...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Maybe the bear was hoping for more upscale housing? > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 9:13 AM Margaret Olson <s...@margaretolson.com> > wrote: > > As you can see from Linda McMillan's post below, the state did not move > the bear to Lincoln. It moved the bear to some undisclosed location 35 > miles from here. The bear, which has four legs and can run at 25 to 35 > miles per hour, came to Lincoln. It's a nice town :-) > > Margaret > > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 8:26 AM Anne Warner <warneran...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am taken aback that the state “moved the bear from Worcester” to > Lincoln. Did we consent to that? People are now having to supervise their > children playing outside and take down their bird feeders which, at least > in our house, are a source of real joy. I think we should call on our > Select Board to push back on this, and get the bear “moved” to an area > where there is much more unoccupied land for them to forage. The bear might > be cute, but these are wild animals and although this one has not attacked > anyone, I don’t think we should have to worry about our children playing > outside. Anne Warner > - Sent from iPhone. Typed by thumb. Excuse misspellings! > > On May 13, 2024, at 7:07 PM, Linda McMillan <mcmillanlin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I talked with the Massachusetts bear biologist today. He said this bear > was moved from Worcester where he was wandering into a very developed area > not because he was aggressive or violent. He's about two years old and has > moved about 35 miles in the last week. They have no intention of moving him > out of Lincoln. He said we should get used to having bears in our town. The > likelihood is that we will see more. > > He said to take down your bird feeders and bring in your trash. > > Regarding dogs, he said there is more risk that your dog will be attacked > by a coyote than by a bear. However, he said if you have a dog that wanders > or does not come to you when called, or who is aggressive, he suggests > keeping it on a leash. > > He also said there is no need to notify them of the current location > because they have no plans to move the bear. > > I hope this is helpful. > > Linda > > On Mon, May 13, 2024, 5:12 PM Jennifer Saffran <jennifer.saff...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I’ve seen bear tags before, but “Dodger” appears to have both ears tagged. > What’s up with that? > > On May 12, 2024, at 9:20 PM, Joanna Owen Schmergel via Lincoln < > lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote: > > It’s Dodger! > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> > > On Sunday, May 12, 2024, 9:16 PM, Lynne Smith <ly...@smith.net> wrote: > > Looks like he has opposing thumbs ! 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