. "Bears and Other Predators Invade U.S. Neighborhoods. ???They???re wild animals, and they???re predators,??? Mazzotti says. ???Treating them with that small amount of respect and intelligence is the best thing we can do to live with them.??? No, the best thing is to make plain to them that certain areas are off-limits, and if it takes killing some of them to get that message across, so be it." . . .