After a brown-colored black bear was sighted roaming a residential area in Stevenson Ranch this week, officials are reminding Santa Clarita Valley pet owners to keep their four-legged companions safe.
Around 3 a.m. Wednesday, the bear passed through the backyards of several homes on Hardy Place near Stevenson Ranch Parkway and rifled through trash cans on the street, according to a social media post by a resident.
When it comes to protecting pets from a potential altercation with a wild animal, local Animal Control officials advise residents to err on the side of caution.
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56 Comments
That’s a black bear. The only brown bear left in California is on the flag.
Ingrid Duben
Thanks Helen!!! Wasn’t aware of this.
I just saw this
Jon Jordahl
Your garbage can is more threatened than your pets… #vegetarians
Bears are omnivores
Mountain girl here: Take all outside trash to the dump and leave anything else inside until the morning of trash day.
Thought of you, Kris Car
Thalina DeMarco
Rosario Sanchez-Maravilla
Better bring in the dogs! Scary!
They were here first and we never asked them to move. We have to learn to live with nature
Ivy Day
Thanks for the heads up
Larry Johnson
Carmen Martinez
Oh wow
Be kind to the bear !
Jessica DeBoever
Yikes ?
Tori Marie Stone
Travis Charles
Caitlin Ray better tell Savannah haha
Someone on hillcrest posted video of that same bear in our area, Castaic! Is it Stevenson Ranch or Castaic ? We’ve had two sighting of bears !
Debbie Coen Ragonig ?
Why does that look animated ?
Kimmy MorainPaul Ellis catch that damn thing! I need another pet for my farm!
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Summer and Jeanette SR too ?
That looks like the same video yam showed. So maybe that one was actually SR and then the one before was castaic
El Gabacho
Justin
What???! Merary ArguetaFlor CobosSelvyn CobosJessie Garcia
Lions and tigers and bears oh my!
Be careful when the kids are playing outside alone
Is so skewy… as Liam would say
Slava Kiev
Michelle Rose ?
Whitney A Mann
Jay Tillitt
Was in my friend’s yard…or LMD space behind.
Jay Tillitt yikes
Remember, you don’t have to outrun the bear. You just have to outrun your friend. ;)
I’m in trouble.
G
Oscar Escobar ?
He was in my backyard and he was definitely brown.
All bears in the wild in SoCal are black bears. They range in color from brown to black.
Debra Gorman bye bye Charlotte
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Ky
Blanca Villalvazo
Que miedo ?
I Pray it’s looking for it’s Mate – beings how Hills / Mountains are taken over