Bear Euthanized after Tumbling down a Colorado Springs Waterfall 999thepoint.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 999thepoint.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A black bear that plunged 55 feet down Seven Falls was euthanized on Sunday in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says the bear struggled to move its back legs after plunging 15 feet down the upper falls, then falling another 40 feet down the sheer face of the waterfall.
Broadmoor Fire Protection District firefighters and the El Paso County Search and Rescue teams assisted in recovering the crippled bear. Crews hustled up 120 steep stairs to an overlook scaling steep and slippery canyon walls. They reached the bear after crossing over the falls, where they used a pulley system to lower it 12 stories below, parks and wildlife said.
11-Pound Yearling Bear Dies After Snowstorm Rescue 95rockfm.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 95rockfm.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A year-old bear died after it was saved from a snowstorm Sunday night near Manitou Springs, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Tuesday.
A homeowner along Ute Pass called Colorado Parks and Wildlife after the starving, hypothermic bear collapsed in the resident s yard.
The 11-pound female bear, originally thought to be younger because of its size, was 20 to 30 pounds underweight for its age.
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Wildlife officer Cassidy English tried to warm the bear and nourish it back to health. I got a little hopeful when it perked up a little bit when it got fluids, but it didn t perk up enough, English said. A bear should not let you hold it; it should be screaming and trying to get away from you. So that was a tell-tale sign that it was really sick.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife warns of Christmas lights’ danger to wildlife
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, or CPW, say deer get caught in Christmas lights usually when they are hung too low or too loosely on bushes or trees.
The agency tweeted out a picture Wednesday of a deer they rescued after it stumbled into carelessly hung lights and got them wrapped around its antlers, mouth, and neck.
Officials with CPW say if they hadn’t gotten to him in time, he could have starved to death.
Though they don’t have the exact number of how many deer get wrapped in lights each year, they say it happens frequently during the holidays.