Bear encounters with people were down in 2020, with trash being left in unsecured containers blamed for the bulk of them, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.
Bear encounters with people were down in 2020, with trash being left in unsecured containers blamed for the bulk of them, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.
Nearly 4,943 reports about bears were filed in 2020 compared to 5,369 in 2019. Of the 4,943 encounters, a third were trash-related. While the number of encounters dropped, bears’ habituation to humans is a major concern for Colorado Parks and Wildlife because encounters can lead to more bears being euthanized.
“The goal of every wildlife officer in Colorado is to perpetuate the wildlife resource, not eliminate it,” Matt Yamashita, area wildlife manager for Glenwood Springs, Aspen and Vail area, said in a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Q&A.
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Colorado Parks and Wildlife returned five orphaned black bear cubs to the wild, by "denning" them on Pikes Peak. Of the five cubs, two were orphaned
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Five of the cutest babies in Colorado have found a new home on the legendary Pikes Peak. Young black bears who were orphaned as cubs last summer have returned to the wild with a little help from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
CPW released a video of the five bear cubs at their enclosure at the Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehabilitation center in Wetmore. The video shows wildlife officers transporting the sleepy bears up to dens on the 14,115-foot mountain.
It is time to go into the den for hibernation for 5 bears at wet mountain wildlife rehabilitation in Wetmore where Tom and Cec Sanders have been keeping these orphans the past 6 months. @COParksWildlife officers are taking the cubs on Pikes Peak to spend the rest of the winter. pic.twitter.com/FLAnOHyGRr