North Carolina wildlife biologists urge communities to become 'BearWise'

By Andrew James
    BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC) are encouraging neighborhoods to become BearWise certified after a bear was illegally shot and killed in Buncombe County this past week.
“We really want to encourage people to leave the bears alone,” said Ashley Hobbs with NC Wildlife. “Don’t feed them, don’t treat them as pets and let them be wild animals.”
A Buncombe County man is facing charges after officials said he shot and killed a bear on his neighbor’s property.
The BearWise program teaches communities how to prevent problems with bears. The program focuses on the six BearWise basics:

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