'Pepsi Bear' Captured In Pueblo
Bear Breaks In To Bottling Plant To Eat Raspberry-Tea Syrup
POSTED: 9:45 a.m. MDT August 14, 2001
PUEBLO, Colo. -- A Colorado bear with a sweet tooth will be relocated to the mountains after he was caught eating syrup at a Pepsi Cola Bottling plant in Pueblo.
Employees spotted the bear sleeping in the warehouse on Monday and called the Division of Wildlife.
Wildlife officers said that it probably
is the same bear they saw outside the warehouse on August seventh.
Workers said that the bear set off alarms inside the building over the
weekend. They investigated and found footprints and puddles of raspberry-tea syrup used in restaurant drink dispensers. The bear apparently drank about four gallons of
the syrup.
Division of Wildlife manager Al Trujillo said that the bear had not
been tagged before, so it will be relocated to a remote area, but
he's not sure yet where that will be.
Employees spotted the bear sleeping in the warehouse on Monday and called the Division of Wildlife.
Wildlife officers said that it probably
is the same bear they saw outside the warehouse on August seventh.
Workers said that the bear set off alarms inside the building over the
weekend. They investigated and found footprints and puddles of raspberry-tea syrup used in restaurant drink dispensers. The bear apparently drank about four gallons of
the syrup.
Division of Wildlife manager Al Trujillo said that the bear had not
been tagged before, so it will be relocated to a remote area, but
he's not sure yet where that will be.
Previous Stories:
- August 7, 2001: Another Bear Killed At Poncha Springs
- August 3, 2001: Bear Attacks Another Scout
- August 2, 2001: Bear Suspected Of Biting Scout Leader Killed
- August 1, 2001: Bear Spotted In Lakewood Neighborhood
- July 26, 2001:
Woman Maintains Humor After Bear Attack - July 25, 2001: Bear Attacks Boy Scout Leader In Tent
- July 25, 2001: Tips For Surviving In Bear Country
- June 20, 2001: Bear Checks Out Downtown Breckenridge
- May 21, 2001: The Bears Are Back In Town
- April 30, 2001: Bears Coming Out Of Hibernation
- April 2, 2001: Watch Out For Bears, Wildlife Officials Warn
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