Bear on Barnes: Spotted climbing trees in Colorado Springs
Mackenzie Stafford
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says its officers responded to the Barnes and Austin Bluffs area of Colorado Springs on Thursday. This is where CPW says a 125-pound male yearling black bear was wandering the area.
CPW, Deme Wright
Wildlife Officers immobilized the bear and placed it in a wildlife trailer, according to CPW. The bear was given a “wake-up” drug and then relocated and released several hours south into a better bear habitat, the wildlife agency reports.
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