Lake Tahoe Park Officials Warn Hikers To Stop Taking Selfies With Wild Bears
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS SF) -- Hike into most California state parks and you'll be greeted by a slew of signs asking visitors not to feed wild animals. Now, parks officials in South Lake Tahoe are upping their warning: don't take selfies with bears.
Taylor Creek Visitor Center staff say guests are getting too close to bears to take pictures, leading the US Forest Service to issue advisories warning visitors to keep a distance from the animals.
"Bears are unpredictable, wild animals and may attack if threatened," forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson told CBS Sacramento.
And if a bear attacks a human, it may be captured and killed.
Taylor Creek typically sees an increase in bears gathering for the kokanee salmon spawning season, which make their annual swim through the creek.
If the problem continues, park officials have threatened to close off the visitors center.
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