I had one on my property in central Texas last year. Someone killed it. I don't know what happened to the three young ones that were spotted with her. She was there for some time and no one lost a cow.
I remember when I first moved to southeast Texas in 1968. Someone sighted the last black bear in the area and the local sports writer gave directions to where it was sighted, so that someone could kill it. I would never buy that paper ever.
But they are coming back. ... "Louisiana Black Bears, which haven't been seen in these parts since the 1950s, are returning to the region, hungry for fresh sources of food and looking for mates.
Donna Work, with the Texas A&M Forest Service, said the bears are moving naturally back to the Lone Star State across rivers from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. "If they are coming over, they need a place to stay," she said, adding that the bears are threatened and illegal to kill.
Work said bear populations in our neighboring states have grown substantially in recent years, forcing rogue male bears to move to Texas in search of their own territories."