A third black bear was moved from an area in the Chiricahua Mountains about two weeks ago after it showed it wasn't afraid of people. The Ficketts had no food around their campsite, but a nearby campsite that the bear previously visited apparently did. We can cite people for failure to adequately stow food. If a bear does charge you, don't assume that the advice given for grizzly-bear attacks applies to black bears, said Dave Smith, a Bisbee resident who has studied and written about bears. The best way to go with black bears is to drive it off.
Black bears are the only kind of bear found in Southern Arizona.
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