Black Bears are being spotted more often in residential- albeit rural- areas. Including thess one spotted off Willlardshire Road in the town of Aurora, and in the Town of Alden..

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Last month the Buffalo-area saw two bear incidents in as many weeks.
 
A black bear cub was struck and killed on the Niagara Section of the NYS Thruway near Smith Street; and an even larger bear was hit near Route 400 in more rural East Aurora the week prior.  And just last week,  a bear was spotted, shot, netted and died in residential Rochester.

The DEC says  the bear is  common in the Adirondacks and the Catskills, but the Allegheny region has approx. 400.




NYS DEC Black Bear Information