OVIEDO, Fla. — An Oviedo woman said she would like the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to relocate a mother bear and her three cubs after a surveillance camera recorded the bears digging through garbage outside her home earlier this month.
Tiffany Chapin said the bears were outside her home at about 4 a.m.
"The baby bears just went through the trash and were just having a feast," she said.
Chapin said the bears also damaged her fence.
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"They've literally ripped it just completely off the hinges," she said.
Chapin said she reported the damage to FWC.
The agency told Channel 9 that there was another bear sighting reported weeks earlier at nearby Long Cove Court.
A bear was spotted Friday evening on Red Ember Road, which is several miles away.
Nick Zirillo and his wife, Lizzie Zirillo, recorded video of the bear with a cellphone.
"We get a flashlight out, and we're shining it up there and we see two little cubs," he said. "I thought it was cool. I was mad that they tore up our garbage."
Zirillo said spotting wildlife isn't unusual because he lives in a rural area.
"We live in the country," he said. "It is what it is."
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Chapin said she doesn't want the bears wandering her subdivision, because she fears what could happen if the mother bear were to encounter a human around her cubs.
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"For the safety of them and us as well -- if they can relocate them, I think that would be great," she said.
FWC hasn't said if the bears will be relocated.