Another Florida Black Bear On The Loose In Southeast Ocala

A young Florida Black Bear was noticed by the Chris and Wendy Davy at their home on SE 16th Street two days ago being a nuisance in their backyard. He broke into their screened-in back porch and took a swim in their pool, broke the gate leading to their backyard, grabbed a big bag of dog food and dumped it in their yard to eat it, destroyed tomato plants and ate the tomatoes. The Davy’s were able to capture the young bear on a security camera when he went for a dip in their bait tank where he also ate some of the bait fish Chris uses for his fishing charters. The bear is the second Black Bear seen by neighbors within the past few days. The first bear was seen only a few homes away from where the Davy’s live. FWC officers and a bear biologist placed a non-lethal bear trap in the backyard in hopes of capturing the young bear and releasing him in the Ocala National Forest.