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Black Bear (file / credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Officials Euthanize Black Bear That Entered N.J. Campsite

Environmental officials say the black bear that wandered into a campsite in a northwestern New Jersey state forest this week has been captured and euthanized.

2011/08/06

Black Bear (file / credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

New Jersey Officials Say Black Bear Didn’t Hurt 2 Boys At Campsite

Fish and Wildlife Division Assistant Director Larry Herrighty said Thursday that hospital officials concluded the abrasions found on the 11- and 12-year-old boys were not caused by a bear.

2011/08/04

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