CHICO, Calif. – A bear made an unexpected visit to a neighborhood in Chico, causing a stir on Saint Augustine Drive. The Chico Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting the bear’s presence on a front porch Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Officers used drones to locate the bear and monitored its movements to ensure safety. They employed safe methods to encourage the bear to return to its natural habitat.<\/p>\n
“Our UAS team deployed drones in the area to confirm the bear’s location, which allowed officers to monitor its movements and identify a safe method of persuading this clearly confused fella off the property,” said a representative from the police department. “The bear eventually moved along, and no one was hurt \u2014 including our new FBF (Fat Bear Friend).”<\/p>\n
Authorities remind residents that wildlife may wander into town in search of food as winter approaches. If a bear is sighted, the police advise keeping a safe distance, securing trash, and contacting authorities if the animal poses a threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICO, Calif. – A bear made an unexpected visit to a neighborhood in Chico, causing a stir on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[14881,3729,3,79,452,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-208571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-butte-county","9":"tag-local","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}