Bear kills woman walking her dogs in Colorado
By The Washington Post
Brittany Shammas
A man came home Friday evening to a perplexing scene: His girlfriend s two dogs were outside the Durango, Colorado, residence, their leashes still on. But his girlfriend was nowhere to be found.
He spent an hour searching before he found her body about 9:30 p.m. The 39-year-old woman had been killed in a bear attack while walking her dogs - an extraordinarily rare incident. The state has recorded three other such cases in the past 50 years. This is a tragic event and a sad reminder that bears are wild and potentially dangerous, Cory Chick, Southwest region manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), said in a news release.
Bear kills woman walking her dogs in Colorado, officials say Updated: 3 hours ago
Print article A man came home Friday evening to a perplexing scene: His girlfriend’s two dogs were outside the Durango, Colo., residence, their leashes still on. But his girlfriend was nowhere to be found. He spent an hour searching before he found her body about 9:30 p.m. The 39-year-old woman had been killed in a bear attack while walking her dogs - an extraordinarily rare incident. The state has recorded three other such cases in the past 50 years. “This is a tragic event and a sad reminder that bears are wild and potentially dangerous,” Cory Chick, Southwest Region manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said in a news release.
Colorado Woman Killed In Apparent Bear Attack While Walking Her Dogs
A mama bear and cubs tracked nearby were euthanized out of an abundance of caution, said a wildlife official.
A Colorado woman walking her dogs was found dead near her home in what appears to be a bear attack, wildlife officials reported.
The body of the 39-year-old unidentified woman was discovered near Durango Friday by her boyfriend after she didn’t return home, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Jason Clay. The two dogs had arrived back at her house hours earlier without her.
Wildlife officers responded and “observed signs of consumption on the body, and an abundance of bear scat and hair at the scene,” according to a CPW statement.
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(Photo : Getty Images/Tim Boyle) BROOKFIELD, IL - SEPTEMBER 24: A male Alaskan brown bear named Angoon-Axh is seen resting in his zoo environment at Brookfield Zoo September 24, 2003 in Brookfield, Illinois.
In euthanized three black bears, human remains were detected after being discovered nearby the location of a dead woman near Durango. The 39-year-old took her dogs for a walk on Friday in Trimble, which is near Durango.
According to Colorado officials, puzzled to find his girlfriend s two dogs outside their home on Friday night, her boyfriend searched for her. He came back home to the two dogs, but she was not there.
May 03, 2021 05:52 AM EDT
Wildlife authorities confirmed that a Colorado woman walking her dogs was found dead near her home in what appears to be a bear attack.
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According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Jason Clay, the body of the 39-year-old missing woman was found near Durango on Friday by her partner after she failed to return home. Hours earlier, the two dogs had returned to her house without her.
According to a CPW release, wildlife officers responded and found signs of consumption on the fur, as well as an excess of bear scat and hair at the scene.