Experts issue warning amid concerning surge in bear encounters: 'This has all happened before'

Experts issue warning amid concerning surge in bear encounters: 'This has all happened before'

A recent string of black bear encounters in Northern Ontario has experts raising alarms — not because the behavior is new, but because it's appearing more often. "This has all happened before," Martyn Obbard, a former resident bear biologist with Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources, told Cottage Life. He noted that worsening droughts and food shortages are pushing wildlife closer to human communities. What's happening? On September 16, a cou…