A bear here sorta half-assedly mauled a lady who had her garage door open in her home, which is in a recently developed area next to prime bear habitat. She was treated and released, with some staples in her scalp and tooth tear marks on her upper forehead, some relatively slight looking marks on her side, and claw scratches on her arms and legs. Believe me, that is more like being played with than mauled, when considering it was a 250 lb bear just out of hibernation, and very hungry.
As of today, the Florida Fish and Game dept has shot and killed 7 bears in response.
ADDENDUM
A neighbor witnessed one of our local - as in, 2 miles from the CBD, downtown Orlando - Bald Eagles flying back to their nest site four blocks from me with a dead kitten in it's talons. And there have been a few missing dog posters in the 'hood the past year or so featuring a Chihuahua, a Maltese and a mixed breed 10 lb dog. That's very sad, I know, and I am wary for my own little dogs, but I'm more worried about some of the rich, politically connected people around here getting all riled up about it. Here's hoping nobody calls the Fish and Game Dept...
