Bears in Colorado on the prowl

  Jake Glass



The encroaching of bears in human settlements  in recent weeks clearly show the destruction of black bears habitats in Colorado is reaching a boiling point. The affects of suburbanization and the spreading out of the human population in need for more big homes and roads as infiltrated many habitats of big mammals in this state. I happen to notice a couple of news items in recent weeks that clearly blazon this fact of destruction of the black bear forest habitat. One hungry bear was caught on tape trying desperately to take a dumpster back to his den smelling the amount of wasted food this corporate chain eatery likely wastes everyday. This is a very amusing video and shows the attempts bears will go to for a free meal.
  Baxter pointed out a few weeks back about another desperate bear that didn't care where it was going and scrounging for food or drink. Another black bear wandered into a bar until he realized he didn't belong or there was nothing available. This story was incredible in that people were still in the bar and did not even see their furry stranger. these stories didn't say in the media at the time that the likely reasons why these bears are wandering is that their habitat is being destroyed in a daily basis and crush of sprawl that Colorado has experienced in the past few years. No word of the sprawl that is making bears crawl to business backdoor and alleys made the news.