{"id":212371,"date":"2025-10-09T18:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212371\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:37:07","slug":"wethersfield-pd-issues-bear-alert-following-sightings-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212371\/","title":{"rendered":"Wethersfield PD Issues Bear Alert Following Sightings Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WETHERSFIELD, CT \u2014 Local police issued a bear warning on Wednesday, alerting residents about what to do should they see one of these furry mammals.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wethersfield Animal Control, the department has received &#8220;numerous calls&#8221; related to bear sightings in Wethersfield.<\/p>\n<p>While bears are practically a part of daily life this time of year in towns like Simsbury, Avon, West Hartford, and Canton, which have lush wooded areas within their borders, local authorities say that&#8217;s not the case in Wethersfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please always remember to stay &#8216;bear aware&#8217; and contact Wethersfield Animal Control at 860-721-2937 to report bear sightings,&#8221; wrote the WPD. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you or someone else finds themselves in danger due to a black bear, please contact 911 immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WETHERSFIELD, CT \u2014 Local police issued a bear warning on Wednesday, alerting residents about what to do should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-212371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212371","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=212371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}