Lake County's black bear just the latest wild animal seen roaming the 'burbs illinoisdnr lakecoilsheriff enjoyantioch villageofgurnee
The case of a black bear sighted last week near Gurnee Mills shopping mall and twice over the weekend near Antioch remains a mystery.
Those who live in the vicinity should secure their garbage cans and barbecue grills and stop feeding birds for a few days, the IDNR suggests. And if you see a bear, report it to https://bit.ly/IDNRwildlifereport. Black bears don't live in Illinois, but there have been five sightings since 2008, mostly in the northwest corner of the state, according to IDNR. The most recent confirmed sighting before last week's was in Jo Daviess County in June 2020.
Based on witness information, police thought they might be looking for a chimpanzee, but whatever it was, authorities never found it. The zebras crossed Route 47 several times and wandered north, through farm fields, to Big Timber Road. No one knew where the pig came from, but it's possible someone didn't want it anymore and left it at the preserve. The matter had to be resolved, according to the forest district, because of the damage the pig could have done in protected parts of the preserve. Domestic pigs also can carry 30 different diseases, many of which are transmissible to humans.
"We've gotten so many calls, it seems highly likely there is a cougar out there," a spokeswoman said at the time.
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