Awwww - a bear in Bellevue

From the Seattle Times:

Krispy Kremes being used to lure bear in Bellevue
Using maple syrup and dayold Krispy Kreme doughnuts as bait, state wildlife officials are trying to trap a young bear that's been roaming a Bellevue neighborhood, getting into garbage and just generally causing trouble.

The bear is about 70 to 80 pounds, and has been knocking over garbage and getting into birdfeeders in the neighborhood around 145th Avenue Southeast in south Bellevue, said Jason Capelli, a game warden with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

"His comfort level with people is not good," said Capelli, who said that if he's trapped, wildlife officials will move him to the mountains, using Karelian bear dogs and loud noise to persuade the young bruin to keep away from people. That's known as a "hard release" by wildlife officials.

Good that they are doing the hard release -- the lil' guy needs to learn that humans aren't your primary source of food. I would love to get a bear cub and raise it but you need to get them almost at birth to have them imprint successfully otherwise they will never be truly under your control.