A bear in a tree within the Dakota Station neighborhood of Jefferson County was safely faraway from the world and relocated.
#Jeffco, @COParksWildlife & @WestMetroFire on scene at W. Elmhurst Pl. & W. Buddy Pl. with a bear in a tree. Elmhurst Pl. is closed till the bear is safely faraway from the tree and relocated. Due to our companions for giving our furry pal particular consideration at present. pic.twitter.com/RgrTmnssEE
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) October 4, 2022
The bear was noticed within the tree close to West Elmhurst Place and West Buddy Place, in accordance with 11:12 a.m. Tuesday tweet by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Employees with the sheriff’s workplace, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and West Metro Hearth Rescue teamed as much as deal with the state of affairs, together with the usage of a hearth division aerial ladder platform to achieve protected entry to the bruin.
Some streets within the space had been quickly closed by the response. At 2:09 p.m. officers introduced that the bear had been eliminated and is being relocated to an space higher suited to bears. Streets within the space have been reopened.
Douglas County warning
On Tuesday afternoon the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace issued an alert a couple of “bear actively scavenging” within the space of Puma Run and McArthur Ranch Highway in Highlands Ranch. “Please retailer trashcans inside and maintain your distance,” the sheriff’s workplace warned. “Bears could look cute however may be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to you and your pets.” The realm within the alert is close to Rock Canyon Excessive Faculty.
Bear exercise and interactions with people are inclined to ramp within the late summer time and early fall as bears go into hyperphagia — elevated feeding earlier than hibernation. Direct contact with people can result in battle, together with assaults, which may end up in bears being destroyed.
Wildlife officers urge folks to take measures to reduce drawing bears into residential neighborhoods and properties together with not leaving rubbish out in a single day earlier than pickup and cleansing rubbish cans frequently to remove meals and odors.
In September a bear was safely faraway from a tree in Fort Collins on the Colorado State College campus.
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