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Bear Illegally Shot In Downtown Steamboat Springs
Bear Was Rooting Through Trash In Alley
POSTED: 3:50 pm MDT July 21, 2009
UPDATED: 4:47 pm MDT July 21, 2009
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- Colorado wildlife managers say someone illegally shot and killed a bear in a downtown Steamboat Springs alley.Jim Haskins of the Colorado Division of Wildlife said officers are looking for the shooter and are treating the incident as a crime.Haskins said the 200- to 300-pound adult male bear was rooting through trash Monday night when it was shot in the head.
"It’s not like a situation where someone was protecting human life or property or anything like that," he told the Steamboat Pilot and Today.
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