photo by Boyd Loving
Bear sightings in North Jersey increase in recent weeks
Thursday June 27, 2013, 3:00 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The number of black bear sightings in North Jersey has seemingly increased in recent weeks, as evidenced by the capture of two yearlings in Ridgewood last week.
Emergency responders from the village and Paramus as well as Tyco Animal Control officers spent a portion of last weekend tracking, trapping and safely relocating a small bear that crossed from one town to the next. That bear was trapped and tranquilized by state Division of Fish and Wildlife officers in the Community Gardens at Maple Park last Sunday.
