Bears Increasing in NE Okla

Bear

…Endicott said Oklahoma's bear population started growing years ago after a restocking effort by the state. They're coming in from Arkansas. The largest population is in southeastern Oklahoma, but the number up north is growing. … As bears look for a place to settle in, they're also looking for food - and what better place to find it than a deer feeder?…

Um, didn't we just spend the last hundred-plus years trying to make ourselves safe from large predators? Restocking? Whut?