A Florida man shot and killed a 180 kilogram black bear after it broke into his house two nights in a row to get to a bag of dog food, a state wildlife officer said.

"I felt in danger enough that since it wouldn't leave I had to shoot it," said Victor Peters of Lady Lake of the incident in a video interview posted online by the Orlando Sentinel.

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