To report a sighting, contact your nearby Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division Game Management Office. Those are things the bear may consider food, like trash, pet food or bird seed. If no food is in the area, the bear will continue to move back to more appropriate habitat. It’s likely area residents won’t see this particular bear again, but Cummings said the best thing to do in the event of another bear sighting is to make sure there are no available attractants.
“If left alone, bears typically will return to established bear range.” “However, in some cases it may be sows with cubs or other mature bears venturing into new territory in search of a home and a steady source of food,” Cummings said. They are native to the North Georgia mountains, but in the spring, most bears seen outside of the region are young male bears looking to make a start and establish their territory. While Riser said this was the first bear he can recall in his two decades in College Park, it’s not surprising for the DNR to get reports of bears outside their traditional range this time of year, according to the state agency. The bear had been spotted behind hotels, likely rooting out some discarded grub. “It’s stretched from Old National to Main Street to the East Point line.” “We've had sightings all over the city of this same bear,” Riser told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gerald Riser said never approached any populated areas or presented danger to residents. The bear “investigated trashcans, planters, and approached the front door before wandering away,” Fulton sheriff’s office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said.Ĭollege Park police had been getting calls about the bear, which Lt. RELATED: Bear spotted outside Fulton County Jail
No riders at the station were in danger, a spokeswoman for the transit agency said.Ĭummings said it is likely the bear is the same one that was seen on video surveillance meandering outside the Fulton County jail in northwest Atlanta on Friday morning. Monday in the south rail yard at the MARTA station.
“The best-case scenario is for the animal to move out on its own.”
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