Bears kill 2 dogs in yards
Officials say food shortage could lead to more encounters
by Lindsay Nash, LNASH@CITIZEN-TIMES.com
published May 8, 2007 12:15 am

ASHEVILLE — Every night, Steve Schneider takes out his family’s two
miniature schnauzers to the fenced-in backyard at his Ballantree home
before going to bed.

But the 11 p.m. bathroom break Sunday night turned deadly when a mother
black bear with cubs nearby killed one of the 13-pound schnauzers.



On the same night, a black bear killed another dog in a Madison County
backyard, said Mike Carraway, a N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
officer.

“(My husband) heard the growling and the dogs screaming and a big mama
black bear had my schnauzer in her mouth,” said Susie Schneider, who was
mourning the loss of 8-year-old Schotzie on Monday at her home off
Sweeten Creek Road. “It’s scary, very scary,” she said.

The mother bear and four cubs climbed a the fence to get to a birdfeeder
at the home, part of a city development off busy Sweeten Creek road.

This happened in your state? NRA bears.

Yea the one was 2 miles from here

them dang football players anyway

jjjjeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ya would think they would go after

lions

cowboys

and broncos

oh my

All the illegal immigrants and they picked a poor lil dog to eat,,
dam...........

oh Fanta

I couldnt resist red LMAO

Scary isnt it fanta! We had a family that was camping mauled by 2 black
bears and a five year old girl was killed. The mother spent a good spell
in one of the top trauma centers here. Thats a shame the two dogs died.

Hmmm...hungry bears huh? Wonder why?

Wonder what used to be in the residential estate before it became a
residential estae?

Not so hungry bears perhaps? Woods? Maybe even a creek with fish in it?
Bees too, perhaps?

jess its the drought causing this. Global warming. All i know is it was
my old crew at the forestry that captured those two bears last year. I
sure dont miss my job for sure!! LMAO!!!

we have had the same problem with Mountain Lions here in South Dakota.
Last year they had to put down 3 here in Rapid City, one across the
street from a grade school. The city police also shot one in a parking
lot in Deadwood last year. As we encroach on the animal's habitat
encounters are bound to happen and they are not usually friendly.

espeacially when they have their cubs. 4 is unusual. Ive seen them with
2 quite often, but 4 is strange. A black bear aint a grizzley but even
today 400 lbs isnt unusual..

Yes Jess, that development they are talking about is new and the
residents are mostly floridiots and part time residents! A native boy
like myself might have shot it which would have been worse because the
cubs more than likely would have been put down. I think this bear
escaped, and Im glad about that. Its not really its fault, but it will
probably be back in a few days. The cold snap has delayed the
blueberries and rasberries..so they are hungry.

you arent that far barbie, I know the attack your talking about and it
is considered a local event. We are just on the other side of the park!!

thats sad but what is worse is that the poor bear and her family had to
come into a neighborhood just for food. It just goes to show you how
much of our land we are ruining without even thinking what we are doing
to nature.

Wild honey bees are dying off at an alarming rate. This is one source of
food for the bears. It also may have a long term effect on us because
bees pollinate most crops.

Well fanta! just grab that fishin pole and come on!!!

I forgot to add the SNAKES ARE OUT ya'll!!!
Now when i head out to my pond i am extra careful....

Bear killed after break-in
by From staff reports
published May 10, 2007 12:15 am
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MARSHALL — A resident in the Little Pine community of Madison County
shot a hungry black bear to death after the animal broke into a house.

Susan Eldridge said the bear, which had been spotted days before in the
neighborhood, first tore down her bird feeder and later turned its nose
toward a trash can on her screened-in back porch.

“It was on my walkway staring through the door at me,” she said.

The bear crashed through Eldridge’s back screen door, breaking a panel
of glass and dragging out a bag of trash Tuesday evening.

Eldridge said the bear ignored attempts to scare it away, something that
worried the mother of two young children. A neighbor shot the bear, she
said. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission collected the body.