A bear spotted in Aurora early Tuesday is a little far from home.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers and Aurora police are looking for a bear that was seen wandering near that city’s neighborhoods.
Officers were trying to track the bear Tuesday morning in the 23500 block of East Briarwood Drive. Anyone who sees the bear should call 911 and not approach the animal, police said on Twitter.
They later tracked the bear to the area of Arapahoe Road and E-470 and asked that everyone avoid the area.
APD Officers have been working with DOW to track down this fella all morning in the 23500 block of E. Briarwood Dr. If you see this bear please call 911, DO NOT APPROACH! Some social media posts state we have the bear, WE DO NOT yet 📷 Kelly Brgoch
— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife encourages people to take precautions as they share space with the animals who are likely wandering looking for food sources. If bears find food somewhere, even if it’s near a home, they will return and could become more aggressive, CPW said on its website.
If a bear is relocated to the wild but then returns, officers euthanize the bear, per policy.
“Every time we’re forced to destroy a bear, itap not just the bear that loses,” CPW officials wrote. “We all lose a little piece of the wildness that makes Colorado so special.”
For more information on how to be “bear aware,” go to cpw.state.co.us/bears.
