A proud Pomeranian fearlessly protected his home – or more likely his food bowl – from a black bear who wandered inside.

The bear did not get into Kearl's chicken coops, although it did break into another coop later. Idaho game officials have set culvert traps where the bear was first seen.

WHITEFISH - More grizzly bears are keying in on unprotected chicken coops in western Montana, with increasingly deadly consequences - both for the bears and the pilfered poultry. The rise in bear ...