dont these government idiots have anything useful to do - or real criminals to chase???? Original Article 'Daughter' bear runs afoul of Oregon law Associated Press Dec. 17, 2005 12:00 AM COOS BAY, Ore. - For nine days, Rocky Perkett and son Jonathan heard a black bear cub wail from its hiding spot in a Coos County logging site. They could drop a tree on it or rescue it. They chose the latter, and for two years the bear was like family. When the authorities got wind of it, trouble was a-bruin. The father and son named her Windfall and shared pizza and soda with the bear and gave her free rein of their home in the woods outside Coos Bay. The bear slept in Jonathan's bed, took showers and even had her hair blow-dried, Rocky said. "We're not lying about it," said Rocky, 54. "We lived with her. We loved her. We treated her like a daughter." That's illegal in Oregon, and last month police took Windfall. The duo face possible charges for holding the bear without permits and in an unlicensed facility. "The law says you can't hold wild animals in any way," said Wildlife Administrator Ron Anglin of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Perketts maintain Windfall never was "held" or locked in a cage. They simply opened their house to her, Rocky said. She could come and go at will, and even learned to work the doorknobs, he said. "Is there a law against a bear running around in your yard?" Perkett said. The Perketts plan to hire an attorney and hope a glitch in the Oregon State Police's search warrant will get the case tossed out - and, in the best of cases, get Windfall returned to them. "Everything they done here was unlegal," Rocky said. "Since it's all unlegal, I hope they will bring her back." No citations have been issued but holding a bear without a permit is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $6,350 fine. Meanwhile, the bear has been shipped to a California Department of Fish and Game holding facility, where it will remain until the case is concluded. The bear's likely future is at a zoo or a permanent holding facility. The bear likes people too much to be released into the wild, he said.