DNA evidence has pointed to at least 21 instances of property damage due to the mama bear and her three fuzzy accomplices.
DNA has confirmed the large female black bear and her three little accomplices were responsible for at least 21 instances of property damage since 2022, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement.
The mother bear and her babies were “safely immobilized” on Friday, the statement said. The adult female, known to researchers as 64F, will likely be taken to a sprawling wildlife sanctuary near Springfield, Colorado. Her cubs could end up at a rehabilitation facility in Sonoma County, California, “in hopes they can discontinue the negative behaviors they learned from the sow and can be returned to the wild,” the statement said.64F, who was outfitted with a tracking device earlier this year, is one of three adult bears identified last year as being responsible for 150 incident reports, including property damage, in the lake region straddling Northern California and Nevada.
Eventually, Fish and Wildlife announced that it was actually three separate bears responsible for the mayhem. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is hiring conservation officers, or “professional bear huggers,” for a research project analyzing bear movements and population dynamics.
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