They’re still talking about that bear. He traveled some 400 miles through four states—including a pass through Mercer County on June 20th. Stefanie Fitzsimons, a wildlife biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, says it is unusual for a bear to travel that distance…
The bear became trapped near a couple of Missouri interstates and had to be tranquilized and relocated. The animal created a following of more than 150,000 people on Facebook as he made his way south from Wisconsin to Missouri.