TRIMBLE, Colo.
“Whenever an animal is euthanized, we receive many questions about why that action was necessary,” said Dan Prenzlow, agency director.
When her boyfriend returned home from work, he found the dogs outside but his girlfriend was not there.
“Once a bear injures or consumes humans, we will not risk the chance that this could happen to someone else,” said Cory Chick, the Southwest Region manager for the wildlife agency.
The mother weighed 204 pounds and the cubs weighed 58 and 66 pounds and showed appropriate body condition for the season.
There are an estimated 20,000 bears in Colorado, with a strong and growing population.
“Residents and visitors of bear habitat in Colorado need to be educated and informed to use the very best techniques and behaviors to minimize any bear access to human food sources,” Chick said.