Bear Cub Poaching /Estes Park Wildlife
Estes Park Bear Cub Poaching Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are investigating a poaching crime in Estes Park involving a bear cub shot on private property on or immediately prior to August 12, 2012 The small bear cub was seen in the vicinity of the 1700 block of Fish Creek Road traveling with a its mother on the previous day. On the 12th of August citizens reported that the cub was struggling. On arrival the responding District Wildlife Manager found the unresponsive cub in the creek while the sow bear stayed nearby to protect the cub. A few minutes after the officer pulled the cub from the creek it died. On necropsy it was found that the cub bear had [...]