Bear spotted inside Pittsburgh Mills mall

[WhoIsStanwix?]

My gf spotted a black bear outside of one of the schools in Allegheny Valley SD (Springdale) around 3 pm this afternoon. Mama is still looking for baby!

[eccotecc]

Originally Posted by sparrowmint

Not much of a source there, when it specifically says they're not much of a threat to deer. It is considered rare and unusual.

sparrowmint,

Here's information from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Living With Pennsylvania's Black Bears Page 3

[marktheshark]

It might have been interesting to see if the bear got into the furs section...

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by sparrowmint

Not much of a source there, when it specifically says they're not much of a threat to deer. It is considered rare and unusual.

It varies from state to state but bear eat deer in Pennsylvania.

Here's a better source:

While coyotes are often blamed for the whitetail’s decline, bears also prey on young deer in the spring, before the fawns are old enough to outrun predators.

Cross points to “a very well-done fawn predation study in Pennsylvania” that identified black bears as “a very influential predator on fawns there.”

The study, done in 2002 by Penn State graduate student Justin Vreeland, found that 32.7 percent of fawn fatalities resulted from bear predation, while 36.7 percent resulted from coyotes. The report concluded, “in heavily forested regions of Pennsylvania, where black bear densities are great, black bears may be at least as efficient predators of fawns as are coyotes.”

Counting Bears | Northern Woodlands Magazine