The petition called on state wildlife officials to capture the bear and send him to a sanctuary in New York State that was ready to take him. How would we feel walking on all fours for 3 years?”Others feel just as strongly that humans should keep their hands off. According to state wildlife biologists, the bear is doing fine on his own; they estimated his weight at 300 to 350 pounds, though they do not know his age. They believe the bear is a male based on his size and images captured on video. A former state wildlife biologist speculated in 2014, when the bear was first spotted, that it was hit by a car.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2016 19:18 UTC