Key Highlights
- The misstep marks yet another failed attempt to remove the male black bear, which has been denning on the property for at least a month. According to surveillance video, the large bear has been wedging itself in and out of a small crawlspace beneath homeowner Ken Johnson’s house since late November.
- Following weeks of unsuccessful attempts to flush out the bear with the use of bait and noisemakers, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) set a bear trap on Dec.
- 9, LA Times reported.
- WILD BEAR MAKES 'VERY POLITE' SURPRISE VISIT TO CALIFORNIA ZOO BEFORE RETURNING TO FOREST Surveillance video has captured a large bear squeezing itself into a new home.
- (Ken Johnson via Storyful) Roughly one week later, Johnson reportedly heard the metal cage rattling from inside his home but later realized that the wrong bear had been captured."CDFW biologists have set up traps with bait, installed cameras and lights for remote monitoring, and worked repeatedly to haze the bear from this property," the agency told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
