ASHTABULA — Ohio’s wildlife experts were spurred into action this week when they collared a 576-pound black bear in Ashtabula County, the organization posted on its Facebook site on Thursday afternoon.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife and Gantchoff Lab at the University of Dayton experts worked to place a radio collar on a transient male black bear in Ashtabula County.
Thanks to this effort the bear’s movement and behavior can now be tracked, helping to inform research and further the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s knowledge of this magnificent species.
Staff biologist Katie Dennison said she didn’t expect to see a male bear this big in Ohio. She assumed he was in the area specifically for breeding purposes…