2nd Ky. campground closes when bears get too close

Published July 30, 2012 9:23pm ET



LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A second campground at Daniel Boone National Forest in eastern Kentucky has been closed after a black bear encounter, officials said this week.

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources officials are trying to move the bears from the campgrounds, which will remain closed until the animals are captured and moved or until it’s determined the bears have moved outside the campgrounds.

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