Over the weekend two different people reported seeing a black bear in Dedham (hey, I live there!), a suburb bordering Boston's southern neighborhoods. Then it was seen in Needham, our slightly wealthier neighbor to the west. Just now, on the universal hub twitter feed it was reported that the black bear was seen on the Brookline/Newton line near Lost Pond.
This bear is within a very short distance of being a truly Boston bruin--I wonder how long it has been since the city actually had bears within its borders. I only hope some dipshit doesn't do something stupid to get the animal killed.
Edited to add: Bear now mapped.
EDITED TO ADD:
The bear was darted and captured, or should I say recaptured. Not long ago (a month ago?) the same 180 pound male bear was removed from Cape Cod and relocated to the Quabbin Reservoir area (Massachusetts most pristine wilderness created by flooding four central Mass towns and protecting the land around it) but he wandered east to Dedham and Brookline. Now he's been moved to Western Mass, but I haven't heard where. How about Springfield?
This bear is within a very short distance of being a truly Boston bruin--I wonder how long it has been since the city actually had bears within its borders. I only hope some dipshit doesn't do something stupid to get the animal killed.
Edited to add: Bear now mapped.
EDITED TO ADD:
The bear was darted and captured, or should I say recaptured. Not long ago (a month ago?) the same 180 pound male bear was removed from Cape Cod and relocated to the Quabbin Reservoir area (Massachusetts most pristine wilderness created by flooding four central Mass towns and protecting the land around it) but he wandered east to Dedham and Brookline. Now he's been moved to Western Mass, but I haven't heard where. How about Springfield?