Predator statistics – Black bear

Last updated on April 11, 2024

Statistics last updated on April 5, 2024

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Black bear statistics for 2011 to 2024 are shown for each month, starting with January. The statistics have been updated to reflect the latest data. Descriptions are provided for all table column titles and acronyms used in this document.

January
February
March
April

May
June
July
August

September
October
November
December

January

January black bear statistics – 2011 to 2024
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2024	235	17	5	0	5	0	0	2
2023	131	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
2022	156	15	3	0	3	0	0	3
2021	100	18	6	0	6	0	0	1
2020	190	27	4	1	5	0	1	3
2019	115	21	5	2	7	0	0	1
2018	96	14	5	0	5	0	0	1
2017	123	32	6	2	8	0	1	1
2016	118	19	10	1	11	0	0	0
2015	82	14	6	0	6	0	0	5
2014	154	19	3	0	3	0	0	2
2013	61	20	0	3	3	0	0	0
2012	183	8	4	0	4	0	0	0
2011	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

February

February black bear statistics – 2011 to 2024
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2024	136	21	4	0	4	0	0	3
2023	60	4	0	1	1	0	1	0
2022	130	13	3	0	3	0	2	1
2021	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	59	12	1	0	1	0	0	1
2019	85	17	7	1	8	0	0	1
2018	42	6	4	0	4	0	0	0
2017	50	6	3	0	3	0	0	0
2016	61	8	6	2	8	0	1	0
2015	67	16	1	5	6	0	0	2
2014	54	6	5	0	5	0	0	0
2013	43	5	2	0	2	0	1	0
2012	57	4	2	0	2	0	0	0
2011	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

March

March black bear statistics – 2011 to 2024
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2024	218	20	2	1	3	0	0	2
2023	159	26	1	0	1	0	0	0
2022	241	35	10	0	10	1	0	1
2021	183	21	3	0	3	0	1	3
2020	101	19	2	0	2	0	1	0
2019	116	18	8	0	8	1	0	0
2018	143	16	3	0	3	0	0	0
2017	150	24	4	2	6	0	0	0
2016	216	33	12	2	14	0	1	0
2015	171	29	6	0	6	0	1	0
2014	131	17	6	0	6	1	0	4
2013	117	11	2	0	2	0	0	0
2012	120	11	3	2	5	0	0	1
2011	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

April

April black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	637	89	21	3	24	5	3	0
2022	935	133	23	4	27	0	0	0
2021	665	85	18	2	20	1	4	1
2020	624	103	14	1	15	0	11	2
2019	732	83	16	4	20	0	2	4
2018	466	67	12	1	13	0	4	3
2017	478	62	7	4	11	0	1	0
2016	652	90	18	2	20	0	2	3
2015	510	81	21	4	25	1	1	8
2014	535	72	13	2	15	3	2	1
2013	436	55	9	0	9	4	5	0
2012	500	67	5	2	7	0	2	0
2011	408	9	3	0	3	1	0	0

May

May black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	2,327	248	41	12	53	0	3	4
2022	3,298	329	56	7	63	0	2	2
2021	2,564	355	46	8	54	6	14	10
2020	2,324	346	50	9	59	2	26	2
2019	3,094	431	97	14	111	1	22	5
2018	1,974	245	54	12	66	1	8	5
2017	2,893	339	99	20	119	1	9	2
2016	1,553	216	43	9	52	0	9	7
2015	1,910	235	67	16	83	3	9	1
2014	2,118	300	68	15	83	2	23	2
2013	1,705	229	52	11	63	0	13	2
2012	1,786	248	41	19	60	4	10	5
2011	2,013	52	26	1	27	3	0	0

June

June black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	3,395	322	73	4	77	1	6	3
2022	4,737	401	86	12	98	1	2	3
2021	3,050	354	75	9	84	1	10	12
2020	3,068	443	78	12	90	0	35	3
2019	3,495	423	81	17	98	1	17	14
2018	2,155	281	61	13	74	2	16	3
2017	4,000	421	86	17	103	1	17	10
2016	1,266	175	35	16	51	0	4	0
2015	1,337	181	32	15	47	10	21	0
2014	2,323	365	73	14	87	1	27	2
2013	2,162	214	40	5	45	2	27	0
2012	2,305	349	60	19	79	8	10	0
2011	2,802	314	96	19	115	4	12	0

July

July black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	2,935	200	42	12	54	0	6	2
2022	3,725	301	57	18	75	2	3	4
2021	1,042	91	14	3	17	0	0	0
2020	3,048	368	70	28	98	1	28	7
2019	2,565	282	55	21	76	1	13	8
2018	1,651	179	32	10	42	0	10	0
2017	2,966	255	64	16	80	0	7	5
2016	1,130	125	12	11	23	0	18	6
2015	1,002	94	12	7	19	0	9	2
2014	2,338	325	62	20	82	8	23	4
2013	1,830	180	29	9	38	0	0	0
2012	2,460	358	52	21	73	8	18	4
2011	3,228	435	89	23	112	3	6	6

August

August black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	5,963	520	151	31	182	7	8	6
2022	3,147	279	50	17	67	0	1	1
2021	3,524	335	74	15	89	0	17	2
2020	2,915	414	82	20	102	1	14	4
2019	2,474	291	67	15	82	3	19	3
2018	1,556	138	13	8	21	2	15	2
2017	2,503	225	43	17	60	1	12	0
2016	3,329	257	64	15	79	3	27	2
2015	2,613	233	58	18	76	1	12	1
2014	2,508	303	70	23	93	2	38	1
2013	1,590	150	24	13	37	0	9	0
2012	2,896	393	59	17	76	9	28	0
2011	3,266	498	91	13	104	5	21	1

September

September black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	5,397	502	130	22	152	3	2	8
2022	3,497	318	88	12	100	1	2	1
2021	5,070	508	142	22	164	10	30	10
2020	3,683	546	121	25	146	4	31	12
2019	4,020	484	95	14	109	0	23	3
2018	2,695	314	95	14	109	0	15	3
2017	3,003	324	82	14	96	0	20	6
2016	4,546	508	171	18	189	0	37	9
2015	5,408	522	179	27	206	0	59	8
2014	3,469	389	119	29	148	4	20	13
2013	3,550	376	96	11	107	4	23	8
2012	3,778	468	107	21	128	16	17	5
2011	3,618	516	127	31	158	2	11	5

October

October black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	3,982	325	101	15	116	6	8	23
2022	3,033	269	81	18	99	1	8	1
2021	3,536	373	92	21	113	1	23	12
2020	2,353	367	71	7	78	2	26	6
2019	3,143	374	101	9	110	5	19	2
2018	2,539	274	59	17	76	0	19	6
2017	2,419	284	60	25	85	1	13	11
2016	2,976	326	87	26	113	5	18	4
2015	3,379	373	116	17	133	0	29	8
2014	2,308	281	70	16	86	0	20	6
2013	2,757	287	88	13	101	3	25	8
2012	2,730	341	79	14	93	8	20	3
2011	3,210	404	53	22	75	8	18	8

November

November black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	1648	134	37	2	39	4	0	7
2022	1,209	120	25	5	30	3	2	3
2021	1,314	158	27	4	31	0	4	19
2020	1,144	152	25	2	27	0	19	4
2019	1,217	140	30	5	35	0	9	5
2018	1,108	145	26	1	27	0	4	0
2017	899	110	32	2	34	0	3	3
2016	990	123	43	4	47	0	8	3
2015	1,475	194	29	5	34	0	8	23
2014	728	79	14	2	16	0	1	11
2013	892	86	28	4	32	3	6	1
2012	966	137	26	10	36	5	13	9
2011	1,632	165	33	4	37	1	8	12

December

December black bear statistics – 2011 to 2023
Year	Calls received	Calls attended	Bears destroyed by COS	Bears destroyed by other	Bears destroyed – Total	Bears trans-located	Bears hazed	Cubs to rehab
2023	722	59	5	0	5	0	1	8
2022	410	52	11	2	13	2	1	0
2021	701	67	7	0	7	0	0	10
2020	371	51	4	3	7	2	1	5
2019	456	56	15	1	16	0	2	6
2018	507	69	6	1	7	0	3	4
2017	293	34	2	0	2	0	2	2
2016	441	60	11	0	11	0	0	4
2015	471	75	22	1	23	0	3	6
2014	229	36	5	4	9	0	0	2
2013	382	31	9	4	13	0	1	1
2012	336	74	10	2	12	1	3	3
2011	576	74	6	0	6	3	2	0

Table column titles

Table column titles
Field	Description
Calls received	Human-wildlife conflict incidents reported to RAPP
Calls attended	Human-wildlife conflict incidents reported to RAPP that were attended by COS conservation officers
Bears destroyed by COS	Black Bears destroyed by COS conservation officers in response to human-wildlife conflict incidents
Bears destroyed by other	Black bears destroyed by other entities
Bears destroyed total	Black Bears destroyed by COS conservation officers and other entities, combined
Bears translocated	Black bears relocated to another area (captured, transported, and then released)
Bears hazed	Black bears on which non-lethal methods were used to deter them from an area or discourage undesirable activity
Cubs to rehab	Cubs relocated to wildlife facilities for rehabilitation and later release in the wild

Acronyms

Acronyms
Abbreviation	Description
RAPP	Report All Poachers and Polluters
COS	Conservation Officer Service

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