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Another similarly affected young bear showed up at a utility plant in Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, last month.
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The bear showed little fear and ignored yelling and clapping aimed at shooing it away.
It then moved into a residential back garden and local people began feeding it with apples and strawberries.
A spokesman for the department said: âAt one point, the bear jumped into a housekeeperâs open car trunk, prompting attempts to approach it and pet it.â
Wildlife officials who went to visit the bear said it was displaying âdog-likeâ behaviour.
The neurologically impaired Pollock Pines black bear eats an apple in a residential backyard.
Brain disease makes California s black bears more dog-like and friendly
5 Apr, 2021 11:56 PM
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Black bears are becoming more habituated to humans. Photo / 123rf
Daily Telegraph UK
A mysterious brain illness is causing young black bears in California to become more dog-like and less afraid of humans.
The neurological disorder causes the wild animals to show overly friendly behaviour and to seem entirely comfortable around people.
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) four cubs have displayed the symptoms over the last year.
Their behaviour, which includes a subtle tilt of their heads, has confounded vets and biologists.