LAKE CITY, Colo. — A black bear with three cubs attacked a person in his Colorado dwelling after they crashed in by means of a sliding glass door and he was unable to get them to go away.
State wildlife managers killed all 4 bears after the assault Thursday night time in Lake Metropolis, a southwestern Colorado city of 400 folks. The person’s accidents had been important, however he didn’t must go to a hospital, Colorado Parks & Wildlife stated in an announcement Saturday.
“It’s definitely fortunate we didn’t have a fatality as a result of it was shut,” Colorado wildlife officer Lucas Martin stated within the assertion.
The 74-year-old man tried to shoo the grownup feminine bear out with a kitchen chair, however it knocked him right into a wall and clawed at him, the wildlife company stated.
The bear injured the person’s head, neck, arms, shoulder, stomach and calf earlier than he escaped to a bed room.
A sheriff’s deputy chased the bears out, and medical responders handled the person at his home. His identification wasn’t launched.
Wildlife managers suspect the bears had been accustomed to folks due to latest studies of bears within the space raiding houses seeking meals.
They discovered the 4 bears close to the person’s home and killed them, normal apply to cease downside bears that affiliate folks with meals.
“It creates a really advanced state of affairs to mitigate,” Martin stated. “Sadly cub bears which might be taught these behaviors by their mom might lead to generations of battle between bears and folks.”
It was Colorado’s first reported bear assault this 12 months. There have been six in 2023.
