Editorial: Not only birds drawn to those backyard feeders

Editorial: Not only birds drawn to those backyard feeders

Two recent bear encounters with humans had one thing in common — and in one of those instances, a common bruin magnet that homeowners should discard. If you said pets and a bird feeder, you’d be correct. A North Canaan, Conn., man suffered minor injuries after he took on a bear going after his dog. And in this state, a Rutland woman went to bring her noisy dogs back inside her home on Sunday morning, but was shocked to find them barking at what …