If food is scarce, they will eat small animals and fish. If they have not eaten enough food to last through hibernation, then they will not start to hibernate until they do eat enough. They drink from nearby ponds and streams that are not polluted. The black bears live in abandoned caves called dens. They have to have enough room to live and take care of their babies.
Man kills in two ways.
The first way is hunting season. Hunters kill bears during hunting season to get their furs to sell. Black bears like to climb trees and usually do if they are being chased or hunted. Reasons for Endangerment People cut down their forests, and since bears are not social animals, they run away and do not have a place to stay. This is why they are an endangered species.