The bears. The mountain lions.

They are out and about roaming the hills and mountains in Blaine County. A black bear has been making frequent calls to neighborhood trash cans. And there have been several reports of pet cats being killed by mountain lions.

Oh, and aggressive coyotes, too.

"Many residential security cameras continue to record mountain lions frequenting areas around homes throughout the Wood River Valley," Fish and Game said on Thursday.

Trapping efforts to remove a specific cougar within city limits have been unsuccessful, "since trapping a mountain lion can be very difficult."

Fish and Game says Idaho residents who live close to wildlife have a responsibility.

"Allowing wildlife like moose, bears, and lions to become comfortable living in your neighborhood inevitably results in conflict and often leads to unfavorable outcomes for wildlife we all treasure here in Idaho," Fish and Game says. "When a bear or lion learns that walking across your yard or deck is OK, it will continue that behavior. By doing nothing, wildlife learns that people are harmless and that making daily walks around your house is both acceptable and potentially rewarding if they find food or shelter."

Wildlife officials say if a bear or lion does need to be relocated, the situation typically has four outcomes: it returns, it's killed by a territorial dispute by a dominant animal in that space, it starves, or it resumes the bad behavior in a new location.

"Rarely does a habituated bear or lion resume what we would consider 'normal' behavior."