Wyoming Game and Fish wardens killed a young male black bear Tuesday afternoon after it entered two houses in Big Horn and was caught eating from front porch bird feeders at a third house.
The bear went into a house on River Street on Monday, and then entered a second home on Brighton Road early Tuesday, according to Game and Fish.
On Tuesday afternoon, another resident reported that the bear was at her house. When game wardens arrived, they found the bear eating seed from bird feeders and decided to kill it.
“The bear’s behavior had become more brazen in recent days and relocation was not an option,” Sheridan Game Warden Ryan Kenneda said in a statement. “This bear had lost its fear of humans and in fact, realized that staying near human habitations allowed it to reliably get food.”
Efforts to trap the bear June 9 and 10 failed, according to Game and Fish. There also was an unsuccessful attempt on Saturday to “chemically immobilize” the bear.
Bear Trouble All Over Sheridan Area
Bears have been raising a ruckus in the Sheridan area this month. Game and Fish trapped and relocated several others.
Late Monday, a female black bear and two young cubs were trapped and relocated from the Big Horn area. She and the cubs were relocated to a remote area of the Bighorn Mountains, according to Game and Fish.
Late June 15, Game and Fish personnel caught a young female black bear that was raiding garbage cans in Story. That bear was immobilized and relocated to a remote area of the Bighorn Mountains.
On June 14, wardens caught another young female black bear on Coffeen Avenue, north of East Lane in Sheridan. She was immobilized and relocated to a remote area of the Bighorn Mountains.
In May, a 6-year-old female black bear was killed in Sheridan after it came into town on a food raid for the second time in two years.
Mark Heinz can be reached at mark@cowboystatedaily.com.
