Lions, tigers, black, bears invading, Texas oh, my! I have lived in Texas all my life and have never seen a black bear roam the streets, but that doesn’t mean that they do not live here. But now you can actually see black bears here and I’m not talking about going to see a black bear in the zoo. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, the black bear is actually a rare protected species in the state of Texas where the male bear weighs up to about 152/300 pounds and a female black bear can weigh anywhere from 120 to 250 pounds.

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HIDE YOUR PICNIC BASKET THE BEARS ARE COMING!

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Usually, black bears, start their denning process as early as November and will continue late until the month of May so it’s kind of odd that more Texans are seeing black bears out and about instead of preparing. According to Chron since the year 2000, it has been confirmed that black bear sightings in the state have increased sixfold. I do not care how cute these furry guys are,  at the end of the day, there are still bears, and very dangerous and we want to know why have they made this return to the great state?

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WHY ARE BLACK BEARS RETURNING TO TEXAS?

Texas A&M, University, professor of wildlife studies, John Tomaeck and another wildlife specialist with the Texas A&M AgriLife extension services, released a statement saying that it’s not necessarily that the Bears are invading Texas, it’s just now bears, are expanding back into areas where they want to roam free because they’re just not being hunted anymore. Now the black bears are protected it is against the law to kill a bear in the state of Texas which means hunters are no longer looking for them. Now that the black bear has become a potential animal that could be endangered keep in mind, Texans you’re going to see more black bears my only advice is to stay alert.

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