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Reply "Almost all of a bears life revolves around food," Rego said. "So when they break into a home it means they have overcome any fear of humans." (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT — Black bears can be found throughout the state, and their population is on the rise, according to the latest data released by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. "That means there is going to be more encounters between bears and humans, and those encounters can take many forms," said DEEP wildlife bi...

A handful of demonstrators were on scene at the American West Heritage Center on Thursday to protest Baby Animal Days and Yellowstone Bear World after the event garnered attention from the Utah Animal Rights Coalition and PETA. Heritage Center management seemed to give a sigh of relief when the protests, and the event, went off without a hitch after receiving three weeks’ worth of email correspondence — nearly 60,000 emails by PETA’s count — from all over the United States. ...

Animal rights activists have launched an email campaign and are planning a live demonstration against the use of bear cubs at this year’s Baby Animal Days event put on by the American West Heritage Center. The cubs, raised and handled by workers at Yellowstone Bear World in Rexburg, Idaho, have been featured at Baby Animal Days in the past, but this year the exhibit drew the attention of the international animal-rights organization PETA, which posted an “action alert” on its webs...