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MAP: CT Black Bear Sightings

A look at bear reported bear sightings in Connecticut through February of this year.

 

A bear was photographed and filmed in a Brookfield backyard Friday, the second over the last year according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the agency that tracks Connecticut's wildlife.

According to the DEEP, 2,776 bears sightings were reported between April 2012 and February 2013, with the most coming from Farmington (239), Burlington (200) and Torrington (168).

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There haven't any reported sightings in Westport, but there have been four in Wilton, two in Weston, and four in Fairfield over the past year.

Learn more about black bears and their resurgance in Connecticut on the DEEP's website.

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