Bears, like this one, are getting closer and closer to houses in Litchfield County and spilling into residential neighborhoods in the Farmington Valley. The bear has orange ear tags after being captured and then released. (Christopher Keating)
Advocates clashed Friday over whether to allow bear hunting in Litchfield County to reduce an increasing number of bears roaming across the state and spilling into residential neighborhoods.
Frustrated homeowners and legislators say hunting is necessary to slow the increasing population, but animal rights groups say hunting the bears is inhumane. Lawmakers have been split over the sometimes emotional issue, and past efforts to allow hunting have failed.
The latest state statistics show the problem is growing as the number of bears reported to have entered Connecticut homes jumped to 21 in 2018…
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