A bear sow with three cubs has broken into at least 14 cars in Snowmass Village, Colorado, since last week, prompting warnings from police and a wildlife official that people need to secure their vehicles and homes. Snowmass Village’s animal services department on Wednesday put up a sign on Owl Creek Road near Highline Road that says “Bear Alert” in large, orange letters. Above the alert it instructs residents to keep windows and doors locked, while below there are brochures titled “Bears in Your Area.”
The pamphlets advise locking up cars and homes when residents are gone and at night: “PLEASE save the lives of the three little bears below and do not allow them to access human foods,” the brochure says above a photograph of the sow and cubs. Read more….
