THIS IS A BUSY YEAR FOR STATE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT AGENTS IN DEALING WITH BEAR SIGHTINGS. TWO BEARS WERE SPOTTED IN ALBUQUERQUE JUST ON TUESDAY … ONE NEAR COMANCHE AND TRAMWAY THAT GOT AWAY … AND ANOTHER CAPTURED NEAR ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL.
GAME AND FISH SPOKESMAN DAN WILLIAMS SAYS MANY OF THE ANIMALS ARE, OF COURSE, LOOKING FOR FOOD. OTHERS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY WILDFIRES. WILLIAMS SAYS ONCE A BEAR ASSOCIATES HUMANS WITH A FOOD SOURCE, IT CAN BECOME A PROBLEM.
WILLIAMS SAYS IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR BEAR COUNTRY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP PET FOOD STORED INSIDE…AND BIRD FEEDERS SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN AT NIGHT.
