{"id":609774,"date":"2026-04-27T18:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/609774\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:54:11","slug":"black-bear-spotted-rummaging-through-trash-in-west-vincent-township-chester-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/609774\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear spotted rummaging through trash in West Vincent Township, Chester County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, April 27, 2026 5:18PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Black bear spotted rummaging through trash in West Vincent Twp.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">WEST VINCENT TWP., Pa.  (WPVI) &#8212; Police in Chester County want residents to be aware of a black bear that was spotted in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Video from a home surveillance cameras show the bear rummaging through a trash can in West Vincent Township.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Video from a home surveillance cameras show the bear rummaging through a trash can in West Vincent Township.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18978984_042726-wpvi-west-vincent-twp-black-bear-12p-vo-video-vid.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Video from a home surveillance cameras show the bear rummaging through a trash can in West Vincent Township.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police posted the video as a warning and say the bear is likely just passing through in search of snacks and a shortcut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">To avoid any trouble, police recommend bringing in bird feeders, keeping pet food indoors, securing garbage cans and cleaning outdoor cooking areas.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, April 27, 2026 5:18PM WEST VINCENT TWP., Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Police in Chester County want residents to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[264899,79,201],"class_list":["post-609774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-264899","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609774","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=609774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}