Black bears have been living in town and raiding our food since long before the Mammoth Lakes Police Department was established. Bear encounters and Officers’ response to these calls have remained steady every year for decades. With the prevalence of social media, plus better wildlife response tracking methods, our Agency is now able to easily share details of these calls.
8/10, Ongoing issue Canyon Blvd. – Bears in OPEN DUMPSTER. Construction dumpsters are not for household waste!
8/14, 10:30 a.m., Lake Mary – Bear stole a backpack full of food.
8/16, 10:53 a.m., Par Court – Bear pulled out a partially OPEN CAR WINDOW to access a back seat full of
empty beer and soda cans set aside for recycling.
8/17, 12:19 a.m., Twin Lakes – Bear outside tent eating contents of cooler that was NOT IN THE
PROVIDED BEAR BOX. Bear chased off by MLPD.
8/18, 12:20 a.m., Meadow Lane – Bear stuck in an OPEN DUMPSTER. Bear freed by MLPD.
8/18, 1:45 a.m., Old Mammoth Road – Bear in Carl’s Jr.’s trash. How’d he get in there?
8/19, 2:55 a.m., Manzanita Road – Bears in OPEN DUMPSTER.
8/19, 9:54 a.m., Old Mammoth Road – Bear issue at Vons, options given.
8/20, 1:59 a.m., Old Mammoth Road – Bear hanging around Carl’s Jr. and Union Bank. Scared off by
MLPD.
8/20, 2:30 p.m., Lake Mary – Bears causing problems. Gone on arrival.
8/21, 9:16 a.m., Old Mammoth Road – Bears in a tree.
8/22, 1:57 a.m., Chapparal Road – Bear in an OPEN DUMPSTER. What’s a bear to do?
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If only they could be taught to eat leftists.
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That’s about the only way for the trumpies to ever step foot in the White House again..
The trump worshiping righties lies,conspiracies,idol threats and fear mongering didn’t seem to work too well in 2020..and won’t in 2024 either..
David D., Maybe you will encounter a bear in the wilderness soon sir! Tell it you aren’t a Trump supporter, and see what happens. I hope you are coated with honey and have plenty of chocolate on your person when this once in a lifetime thing happens to you!
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I have encountered Black Bears,and whoever knows much about our California Black Bears,nothing much to fear.
Now,if I were to see and talk to one of the Bears and told them I was a trump “supporter”,a good chance it could turn on me and turn out different,since trump is the one that pushed and got,kissing up to the NRA and their voters (and the money they were sending to him ),making it legal to hunt,shoot and kill the Black Bear’s “distant relatives “,the Grizzly Bears while they hibernated with their Cubs in and around National Parks in the Wintertime…continuing trump’s assault on Wildlife,Wilderness areas and the environment…
Thankfully,just ANOTHER bit of “trump legislation” that got shot down and canceled by the Biden administration…never to return again….
HAAA!!! Never fails… these articles have NOTHING to do with Trump/ political agendas, yet you all turn it into a political argument! Mildly ( and I mean mildly) amusing anyway.