Gold Hill, Colorado » Living With Wildlife http://goldhilltown.com Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Your Neighbor’s Car after the bear http://goldhilltown.com/your-neighbors-car-after-the-bear/ http://goldhilltown.com/your-neighbors-car-after-the-bear/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:13:27 +0000 ken http://goldhilltown.com/?p=1490 This is your neighbor’s car after a visit by the bear.   Lock your car doors.   The bears can open unlocked doors. Front Seat Back Seat ]]> This is your neighbor’s car after a visit by the bear.   Lock your car doors.   The bears can open unlocked doors.

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Front Seat

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Back Seat

]]> http://goldhilltown.com/your-neighbors-car-after-the-bear/feed/ 0 Living with Wildlife http://goldhilltown.com/living-with-wildlife/ http://goldhilltown.com/living-with-wildlife/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:18:11 +0000 jennie http://goldhilltown.com/?p=1078 Here in Gold Hill we are blessed with a great variety of wildlife.  However, as human populations grow and homes are built in or near wildlands, many wild animal habitats are reduced and/or fragmented.  This can lead to an increase in human-wildlife encounters, many of them potentially dangerous.  Pets at large can provide easy prey for mountain lions, and “food at large” such as unsecured trash, compost, and bird feeders can provide easy pickings for bears.  If mountain lions or bears learn that people’s homes are a source of food, then the likelihood of property damage, a dead pet, or someone getting hurt increases.  In these cases, there is usually no choice for wildlife officials other than to hunt down and kill the animal.

Here is the basic rule: Don’t feed wildlife. Don’t be responsible for the death of an innocent wild animal!  If you want more information about how to live safely with wildlife, please check out the extensive information provided by the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

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