[Carol Costello, Cnn Anchor:] A bear cub has struck again in Auburn, California. He had been known for rummaging through garbage cans, but lately he's had a taste for chicken. Reporter Erin McCallister, of CNN Sacramento affiliate KOVR has the bear facts for us.
[Unidentified Female:] You saw him doing that? Yes. Yesterday I caught him doing it. I caught him with the chicken in his mouth.
[Erin Mccallister, Reporter, Kovr:] Up until yesterday, Susan Sutherland was OK with the idea that a bear cub made its home in her back yard. She says it's not a scary bear, a clumsy one, maybe.
[Susan Sutherland, Resident:] He was kind of clumsy. Just kind of fell right out of the tree into the squashed plants.
[Mccallister:] The bear has felt so at home, once it even tried to go inside the house.
[Sutherland:] He just kind of walked in and my husband just shut the door on him.
[Mccallister:] But now, as the two-year-old cub lounges on a tree limb in her yard, Susan is starting to see her furry visitor as more of a nuisance. For the last two days, the cub has broke through these boards and made meals of her chickens.
[Sutherland:] This is just one of yesterday's. It's one a day 12:30. He's a lunchtime boy.
[Mccallister:] So away the chickens go into a pickup and on their way to a new home; the home of Susan's very good friend.
[Unidentified Female:] Yes, I'm here on a chicken mission yes.
[Mccallister:] And chickens aren't the only animals missing from Susan's backyard. In this pond, there used to be six fish swimming around. Now there's only one. [voice-over]: But it's hard to be angry at a bear.
[Sutherland:] No, it's not his fault. He has to eat. It's an animal; that's what animals do. He hasn't harmed any he's not aggressive, he didn't attack anybody.
[Mccallister:] Still, she says, she needs to make her home a little less comfy.
[Sutherland:] They really want hummingbird feed. There's sugar in there. They really like hummingbird feed. This is a great tree to sit in for a bear. And when you're walking out this door, or even if it's opened, you're walking out. There's a bear sitting there looking at you.
[Mccallister:] And she hopes soon no more chickens will mean no more bear.
[Sutherland:] We're hoping. We're really hoping. You know, hopefully it will just go after the trash cans. And I've got one
[Mccallister:] Erin McCallister, KOVR 13 News.