Hundreds of bears are killed in Colorado each year as a result of interactions with people outside of hunting. Wildlife officials have traditionally managed human-bear conflict by adjusting hunting permits and regulations and by moving or destroying bears, yet conflicts with people and bears and
Hundreds of bears are killed in Colorado each year as a result of interactions with people outside of hunting. Wildlife officials have traditionally managed human-bear conflict by adjusting hunting permits and regulations and by moving or destroying bears, yet conflicts with people and bears and the number of incidents and complaints continue on an upward swing. Read what bear managers and researchers say about the use of hunting to reduce human-bear conflict.
Once bears become conditioned to receiving food rewards from people it is very difficult to change their behavior and options can be limited to wildlife managers, most commonly including: capturing and relocating bears and lethal removal of nuisance bears
Black bears tend to be doing well in most states they inhabit. As bear populations remain stable or increase while more and more people move into bear country the ineffectiveness of traditional management tools for reducing human-bear conflict leave several puzzling aspects in resolving human-bear issues. Watch a short YouTube video on reloc