On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:12:21 -0400, gfretwell wrote:

The hogs were not a sudden increase in food. They have been here since
the place was a Spanish colony.
The bears are turning up in downtown Ft Myers. I suspect it has more to
do with builders draining the swamps for a decade.

That's probably the case. The Florida subspecies of black bear is still
considered threatened. The Big Cypress area is considered a primary
range.

http://www.floridaconservation.org/W...stribution.htm