So why arent they relocated farther away or "permantently" relocated?[/QUOTE
I live in one of the least densely populated counties in the state and we have lots of public land. The PGC relocates nuisance bears from more populated areas into my area. These bears will travel huge distances from their release sites. The WCO who did all the trapping at our dumpster ran the tag/tattoo numbers of the bears through their data base to find out there history. Only one of the bears was a "local" bear and he was caught the previous year about 20 miles to the west and was relocated to a nearby game lands. The other bears had initial captures in some cases as far away as 70 miles. Some of the second and third captures were located even further away, and their release areas were not in my area. So the 3rd and 4th time they were captured they were 30 -50 miles from where they were released the second or third times. Every year there are tagged bears killed in bear season that were tagged 3-4 counties away. These relocated bears tend to roam alot....and alot of them end up back in the same areas as where they were initially caught.
bears are highly regulated in PA. PGC will not dispatch a nuisance bear until it is deemed a danger to humans or has caused significant damage to livestock. But if it is just dumpster diving and raiding bird feeders in people's yards they tell the residences to store their garbage indoors and take down there bird feeders until the bears go into hibernation....thats just "life" in bear country.