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Speaker 1: This is the peak season when black bears are emerging

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Speaker 1: from their hibernation.

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Speaker 2: Dens, take down the bird feeders, electrify any fencing around

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Speaker 2: small livestock.

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Speaker 1: Megan Crawford, a biologist with mass Wildlife, says some residents

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Speaker 1: may not even know how to prep for these omnivores

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Speaker 1: because of this new trend.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of suitable habitat for black bears in

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Speaker 3: eastern Massachusetts, but they're also really good at taking advantage

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Speaker 3: of the food sources where people live.

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Speaker 1: To Securing trash is number one, and if you have

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Speaker 1: pets or livestock in your yard, it's important to keep

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Speaker 1: them locked up and safe. Two. If you see a

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Speaker 1: black bear, do not engage, wait for them to pass,

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Speaker 1: and after they leave, check out the yard and see

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Speaker 1: what could have attracted them over. Jay Willette, WBZ, Boston's

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Speaker 1: news radio