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Bromley Bear
The bear spotted in the wildlife management area, away from all trails this fall, has been named Bromley Bear after our President Emeritus Matthew Bromley. Please welcome the newest member of our team!
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Anonymous said…
Dear BromBear: Would you please ask the kind fellow who is photographing you
Anonymous said…
Dear BromBear: Would you please ask the kind fellow, who is photographing you, to please classify the location of your winter bear den as top secret so that those humans with nature deficit disorder will not disturb, chase, trap, relocate, or shoot you? Maybe you could ask children to donate some remote controlled cars and a mini teddy bear so that a naturalist can train you to look both ways before crossing a road, illustrate what happens to a bear when a distracted driver hits a bear, and demonstrate the importance of not searching for food along the roadside. Maybe the nature preserves would show you how to cross I-684 safely only at the overpass from Westmoreland to Butler, and the Baldwin Rd. underpass to your Summer fishing and swimming area. If you’re super peaceful and relaxed, maybe Westmoreland and MRG would align some logs to build you a den, or do a Diversionary Feeding Study in March 2026 in their wildlife management areas where they will treat you with compassion. From: The racoons who enjoy the insects that you leave behind after tearing open a log.
Anonymous said…
Let’s plant american hazelnut, black and white walnut, chestnut and white oak, and native berries in all of our front and backyards in North Castle, Bedford and beyond for Bromley and his girlfriends to eat so that they can GIVE BIRTH TO LOTS AND LOTS OF BABY BEARS IN WESTCHESTER where suburbanites would benefit from sharing their land with the compassionate bears. Leave standing trees, live or dead, with large holes for the bears to safely nap in peace. Place branches along large logs to create wildlife habitat. by Flying squirrels
Anonymous said…
There is abundant concern about the unfair, inhumane, cruel consequences of some suburbanites reporting 1 bear in North Castle, which resulted in several armed men chasing the retreating, non-rabid bear for 10 minutes, and shooting it for the sensationalist media to put on TV without any medical confirmation from the hospital of wounds from a only a bear(could the child have wounds from tripping and falling while running away?) No one really knows because it was bandaged before anyone arrived. Other suburbanites reported 1 bear in W.Harrison, resulting in armed men chasing the bear up a tree and shooting it for a disturbing trophy photo. Education about respectful interaction would have saved the lives of 2 peaceful bears, who are innocent because of a lack of evidence of any threat to humans. If a child scares a stranger bear by touching it, and the bear were to respond with a swipe, that would be self-defense on the part of the bear -wildlife are entitled to defend themselves. That is not a bear attack. A lady in NJ has lived with mutual respect for the bears by scratching their itches and petting them ONLY when the bears politely ask her to do so. The safe, peaceful black bears have manners and are most welcome in Westchester!
Anonymous said…
If you were to see Bromley, then this is what you can do to keep him and yourself safe in these situations: 1. Bromley walks around your house during the daytime: wait for him to walk 100 feet away from your house, go outside to touch a tree while glancing at him to let him know that you are not approaching his personal space. 2. Then, if you walk around a corner of your house, and he is there, he will not panic and will not act in self-defense because he already knows you are respectful. He’ll run away. 3. Bromley enters your kitchen because you're baking banana honey walnut bread with eggs and whole wheat flour: Say NO! and put your hands up to make a pushing motion so that he knows you want him to leave. 4. Then, go outside to plant native berry bushes along the perimeter of your forest where you put your cardboard birdfeeder, (which does not have sharp parts that could cut Bromley) so that he has another outdoor food source in NOV. and March. DO NOT REPORT BROMLEY: reporting a black bear is a mistake because the arrival of several vehicles and men is threatening to bears, reinforcing their perception that humans are a threat. Then, peaceful bears will become more likely to make a defensive swipe at a person the next time they encounter one, who is disrespectful enough to invade the personal space of a bear. Reporting black bears has already resulted in the tragic death of 2 peaceful bears in Westchester. 5. Best Option: Give land to nature preserves, rewild lawns, or make conservation easements so that Bromley will have permanent food habitat.
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Would you please ask the kind fellow who is photographing you
in their wildlife management areas where they will treat you with compassion. From: The racoons who enjoy the insects that you leave behind after tearing open a log.
Other suburbanites reported 1 bear in W.Harrison, resulting in armed men chasing the bear up a tree and shooting it for a disturbing trophy photo. Education about respectful interaction would have saved the lives of 2 peaceful bears, who are innocent because of a lack of evidence of any threat to humans.
If a child scares a stranger bear by touching it, and the bear were to respond with a swipe, that would be self-defense on the part of the bear -wildlife are entitled to defend themselves. That is not a bear attack. A lady in NJ has lived with mutual respect for the bears by scratching their itches and petting them ONLY when the bears politely ask her to do so. The safe, peaceful black bears have manners and are most welcome in Westchester!
5. Best Option: Give land to nature preserves, rewild lawns, or make conservation easements so that Bromley will have permanent food habitat.