Bear breaks into garage of house outside Colorado Springs
Wildlife officials are again warning about bears becoming habituated and losing their natural fear of people.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently posted a video of a bear breaking into the garage of a house just outside of Colorado Springs.
We @COParksWildlife warn not to let a bear get habituated to people and lose its natural fear of us.
Carol Rice and her neighbors just outside #ColoradoSprings are finding out why we worry so.
Habituated bears have cost Rice two garage doors recently.
See her video. Sound up 1/4 pic.twitter.com/F0ycUgjkKI— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) August 7, 2024
The bear also found the barbecue grill and dragged it.
We urge everyone to bring in bird feeders each evening, secure garbage, pet food and other attractants away from animals. Clean you barbecue grills after each use. Bears have powerful noses and are extremely strong animals. Check out what this bear does to Carol Rice’s grill. 3/4 pic.twitter.com/rPO8lwys1j
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) August 7, 2024
According to CPW, this is “not natural bear behavior” because the animals naturally fear humans and avoid them and their homes unless they see humans as a food source. Then they “become aggressive and potentially dangerous, even ripping open windows and doors of houses to get food.
Bears become “an immediate threat to human health and safety” after they learn how to enter a garage or home, CPW added in the X post.
CPW encourages people to bring in bird feeders each evening and secure garbage, pet food, and other attractants away from animals. Also, be sure to clean things like barbecue grills.
CPW also shared some more images of the damage bears can do:
Here’s the damage done to a neighbor’s property.
Once a bear learn to enter a garage or home, it becomes an immediate threat to human health and safety.
Help CPW prevent bears from becoming habituated.
Be Bear Aware. Remember, garbage kills bears! https://t.co/m3xAwVjdRN pic.twitter.com/Mx3PRBUxOZ— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) August 7, 2024
Learn more about living in bear country here.