It's a black bear summer!
has locals wondering whether they need to stock up on bear spray.Over the weekend, a homeowner in unincorporated Antioch heard a crash on her deck and was surprised to come face to face with a bear when she investigated.It's unknown if the bear is the same one spotted last Wednesday running through Gurnee.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office initially told residents the Illinois Department of Natural Resources would attempt to track down, tranquilize and relocate the Antioch bear, but later took back that statement. IDNR would let the bear go about its business.Bears once roamed freely in Illinois but were eliminated from the state by 1870.
Wisconsin's black bear population has been growing steadily since the 1980s and is now estimated at 24,000 bears. The bears are considered common in central Wisconsin and"abundant" in northern regions,
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