{"id":286273,"date":"2025-10-08T10:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286273\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:25:20","slug":"chico-police-use-drones-to-safely-relocate-bear-from-porch-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286273\/","title":{"rendered":"Chico police use drones to safely relocate bear from porch | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHICO, Calif.<\/strong> &#8211; A bear made an unexpected visit to a neighborhood in Chico, causing a stir on Saint Augustine Drive. The Chico Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting the bear&#8217;s presence on a front porch Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Officers used drones to locate the bear and monitored its movements to ensure safety. They employed safe methods to encourage the bear to return to its natural habitat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our UAS team deployed drones in the area to confirm the bear&#8217;s location, which allowed officers to monitor its movements and identify a safe method of persuading this clearly confused fella off the property,&#8221; said a representative from the police department. &#8220;The bear eventually moved along, and no one was hurt \u2014 including our new FBF (Fat Bear Friend).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities remind residents that wildlife may wander into town in search of food as winter approaches. If a bear is sighted, the police advise keeping a safe distance, securing trash, and contacting authorities if the animal poses a threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICO, Calif. &#8211; A bear made an unexpected visit to a neighborhood in Chico, causing a stir on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":286274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8367,425,50,159,52,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-286273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-butte-county","9":"tag-local","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115338066407428994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}