Where I live (BC Canada) the black bear population is estimated at 120 to 150 thousand black bears to the point for many, seeing a bear either in the urban or wild environment is more common then rare nowadays.
As the human population encroaches into bear territory, the human- wildlife conflicts occur and it is the bears who are inevitably on the losing end of the conflict.
A very large-scale problem: B.C. sees more than 20,000 human-wildlife conflicts in 2017. Then having people like this really shows why so many bears have to be destroyed every year. IMO, the destroying should be the other way around...
From 4 days ago.
Video captures B.C. family hand-feeding black bears