BEAR INCIDENT PROMPTS WARNING TO CAMPERS

 

STATE GAME AND FISH OFFICERS HAVE A WARNING FOR CAMPERS IN BEAR COUNTRY…DON'T HANG BIRDFEEDERS OUTSIDE YOUR TENT. THAT IS APPARENTLY WHAT ATTRACTED A BLACK BEAR TO A CAMPGROUND AT SUGARITE CANYON STATE PARK NEAR RATON LAST WEEK. THE BEAR TORE OPEN A TENT WITH TWO WOMEN INSIDE. THEY WERE UNHURT.

THE BEAR WAS LATER CAUGHT AND EUTHANIZED.