BAR HARBOR, Maine — The bear that was first accused of killing two goats and some rabbits in May is now being accused of killing baby rabbits at the same property and not eating them.

While there have been sightings of multiple black bears recently on Mount Desert Island, this behavior has been attributed to one bear that a hunter — who is also a state animal damage control agent — has now been permitted to trap and kill.

According to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Regional Wildlife Biologist Steve Dunham, a bear frequenting the Town Hill area has been accused of the nuisance behavior, and also “causing issues at a nearby dumpster” and having “hit some nearby bird feeders.”

“In the case of the Town Hill bear, we had received word that some animals had been killed o

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