Watch: 2 Bears Fight Over Garbage In Woodinville

WOODINVILLE, WA - A surveillance camera recently captured a wild interaction between two sizable bears who were feasting on a bag of garbage in a local driveway.

In the video, a lone bear can be seen eating from a toppled garbage can. Then, another bear emerges from the woods and challenges the other bear - presumably over the food source. The video was recorded around 4 a.m. on Dec. 30. The surveillance camera was installed by Freedom Systems Inc. of Snohomish, which confirmed that the video was recorded in Woodinville.

Watch the bear fight here:

Black bears remain active throughout colder months in Washington, depending on where they live. Black bears will retreat to a den in winter, but will remain in a drowsy state, which allows them to respond to threats.

There are thousands of black bears in Washington, and their range covers the entire state, except for some areas of central Washington and the Seattle area. Grizzly bears are much rarer here, and only a handful live in the extreme North Cascades and potentially inside the Colville National Forest near northwestern Idaho.

Because black bears have an extremely strong sense of smell, even garbage kept in an enclosed container can be attractive to them. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has tips on how to avoid attracting black bears to your property. Human-bear encounters often involve bears who have become acclimated to human food sources.

Image via Freedom Systems Inc.