Tag: Bears
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As bears emerge hungry, bill sets stiffer fines for negligent feeding
Black bears are emerging from winter dens across Colorado, and wildlife officials are encouraging residents to lock up garbage, remove bird feeders and eliminate other food sources before the animals learn that people mean easy meals. At the same time, the Colorado legislators on Tuesday passed a bill dubbed “Negligently Luring Bears” that would make…
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What does drought mean for Colorado’s bears as they emerge from hibernation?
In the days and weeks ahead, more Colorado bears will be waking from their winter slumbers and emerging from their dens. And they might very well realize what we’ve come to know all too well: It wasn’t much of a winter at all. What might the season’s record warmth and dryness around the state mean…
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CPW REPORT: A total of 78 bears were euthanized in Colorado in 2025
Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced that 2025 ended with 15 percent more reported sightings and conflicts with bears compared to the previous six years. In total, 5,299 bear-related reports were received throughout the year, with trash still being the top common factor when it came to conflicts, involved in more than 57 percent of…
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Bear activity on the rise in Colorado with 5,259 reports received by CPW so far this year
While bear activity may be starting to slow down for the season in Colorado, the year of 2025 brought an increased number of bear-related conflicts and sightings to the Centennial State. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the agency received 5,259 bear reports between January 1 and December 1, which is the highest since 5,392…
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Aggressive bear forces campers to defend themselves throughout entire night in Arkansas
Prior to the last few weeks, it had been at least a decade since any bear attack had been reported in Arkansas. Recently, however, two people have been killed by bears in ‘The Natural State,’ with another night-long encounter sure to raise the neck hairs of outdoor recreators. The state’s first fatal attack since at…
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FWC says man shot bear found in his Florida home
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Central Florida man shot and killed a bear he said became trapped in his home Friday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “The FWC was notified of a bear entering a home in DeLand,” the agency said in an emailed statement. “The bear was shot and killed by…
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Florida spares some bears, drops ‘harvest’ quota for upcoming hunt
Amid a surge of applications for Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, the state is reducing the number of black bears that can be taken in the controversial December event. State wildlife authorities this week cut the number of available bear tags by 15, to 172. Each tag, distributed through an application process that…
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Conservationists sue to stop Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade
Conservationists are suing to stop Florida from holding its first black bear hunt in a decade
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Bear attack on hiker closes trail in Yellowstone National Park
A trail remains closed in Yellowstone National Park after a bear attacked a hiker
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Bear attacks solo hiker at national park in U.S.
According to a press release from Yellowstone National Park, a 29-year-old male hiker was attacked by a bear on September 16, sustaining serious injuries. The man was hiking alone on Turbid Lake Trail at the time of the attack, which is located northeast of Mary Bay in Yellowstone Lake. The specific location of where the…