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Colo. Residents Strain To Coexist With Black Bears

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Sep 10, 2007 7:50 pm US/Mountain

Colo. Residents Strain To Coexist With Black Bears

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SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) ― Bear deaths from run-ins with humans in Colorado could rival the record number set in 2002, when there were 404.

A late freeze and drought across the West have drastically reduced berries and acorns that fuel bear diets. So bears have ventured into towns to forage in garbage bins, bird feeders and even homes.

Colorado wildlife officers have killed at least 30 black bears this summer for having run-ins with people. Landowners defending livestock and federal agents have killed 42 more, and 29 bears were killed by vehicles.

There have been at least 877 reports of human-bear encounters this year, up from 502 for all of last year.

Nevada's Department of Wildlife has received nearly 1,000 bear complaints this year, up from 350 last year.

(© 2007 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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