CPW relocates young bear from Colorado Springs neighborhood

Bear on Barnes: Spotted climbing trees in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says its officers responded to the Barnes and Austin Bluffs area of Colorado Springs on Thursday. This is where CPW says a 125-pound male yearling black bear was wandering the area. CPW, Deme Wright Wildlife Officers immobilized the bear and placed it in a wildlife trailer, according to CPW. The bear was given a “wake-up” drug and then relocated and released several hours south i…

CPW relocates young bear from Colorado Springs neighborhood

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A young bear tried to hide in a tree in the area of Austin Bluffs and Barnes on Saturday, May 30, but officers from Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southeast Region (CPW SE Region) found him and relocated him to a better bear habitat. According to CPW SE Region, Wildlife Officers responded to [...]