Formosan black bear burgles hut in Chiayi CountyStaff writer, with CNAA Formosan black bear broke into a hut in Chiayi County‘s Dabang Village (達邦), eating canned goods and food from the resident’s refrigerator, the first officially recorded incident of its kind in the area, local authorities said on Thursday. A Formosan black bear is pictured at a low altitude in Taichung in June last year. Photo courtesy of the Forestry and Nature Conservation AgencySpecialists found tracks near the hut and, based on the damaged canned food, concluded that a Formosan black bear was responsible, the agency said. Alishan is an area where Formosan black bears are occasionally sighted, but Wednesday’s incident was the first officially recorded case of a bear entering a resident’s hut, according to the agency, which is part of the Ministry of Agriculture. The recent sightings of Formosan black bears captured on camera are due to increased monitoring and do not represent unusual behavior, Hwang said during a Taiwan Public Television Service interview on Dec. 12.

Source: Taipei Times January 02, 2026 17:17 UTC