The rabid bear attack in Jim Thorpe was “an isolated and uncommon event,” according to a press release from state Rep. Doyle Hefley, R-Carbon.

The hunter who made the first recorded kill of a black bear in Lancaster County was found guilty of shooting the animal ...

A bear that attacked a Pennsylvania man earlier this week had rabies, wildlife officials confirmed Thursday. Andrew Neirer told CBS affiliate WYOU that he spotted the adult male black bear sitting ...

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners on Saturday gave preliminary approval to the 2025-26 hunting and trapping ...

BLACK BEAR ATTACKS ARE VERY RARE, BUT PROBLEMS WITH BEARS HAVE INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS AS THE POPULATION HAS GROWN SHARPLY, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH IS WHERE ...

A Carbon County man is recovering after a black bear attacked him on Sunday. Andrew Nierer, of Jim Thorpe, was coming home from a nearby grocery store when the small bear attacked him. Security ...

The man, named Andrew Nierer, was attacked by the small black bear on a street in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, after walking back from the store along a trail through the woods. In security footage ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that the black bear that attacked a man over the weekend in Jim Thorpe tested positive for rabies. The incident happened on Sunday, Jan. 19, as Jim ...

A black bear that attacked a Jim Thorpe man Sunday was found to be rabid, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The Game Commission said that rabies in black bears is extremely rare ...