After 4 bears die of chocolate overdoses, bear expert proposes ban on using it as bait
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}New Hampshire's bear expert is proposing to eliminate chocolate as bait after four bears were found dead at one trapping site due to a chocolate overdose.
The Concord Monitor reports (http://bit.ly/1BhaVHw) two cubs and two adult bears were taken to labs at the University of New Hampshire. Necropsies and toxicology reports confirmed they died of heart failure by poisoning of theobromine, a toxic ingredient in chocolate.
Andrew Timmins is the state Fish and Game Department's bear project leader. He said at a Fish and Game Commission meeting Wednesday that the best way to stop this from happening again is to remove chocolate from the woods.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this case, an experienced hunter used 90 pounds of chocolate and doughnuts as bait in September. The bears died nearby.
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Information from: Concord Monitor, http://www.cmonitor.com