But some animal welfare advocates have said the use of baiting for bears with human food, such as doughnuts, has habituated them to human food and human smells. "Stop feeding bears human foods, and bears will be less inclined to come around human places," said Daryl DeJoy, of the Wildlife Alliance of Maine. In New Hampshire, wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood said the same scenario is playing out. Birds don't need feeding during the summer and the feeders can create problem bears that then have to be destroyed, said Vermont bear Biologist Forrest Hammond. Maine has the largest black bear population in the eastern U.S., and complaints of nuisance bears have shot up.

Source: ABC News July 02, 2016 13:30 UTC