BEAR ATTACKS ARE ON THE RISE AROUND THE U-S. UP TO SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAULED IN THE PAST WEEK. BUT NEW MEXICO GAME AND FISH OFFICER CHRIS CHADWICK TELLS US THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ATTACKS IN THIS STATE … NO DIFFERENT THAN IN ANY OTHER YEAR. BUT HE TELLS 770 KKOB OVERALL BEAR ACTIVITY IS HIGHER AND MORE UNUSUAL.
HE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW BEARS THAT HAVE VENTURED INTO ALBUQUERQUE THIS YEAR … MORE THAN USUAL AND FURTHER INTO THE CITY THAN USUAL, FORAGING IN ARROYOS, OPEN SPACE, AND TRAVEL CORRIDORS. CHADWICK SAYS IT'S MAINLY DUE TO THE DROUGHT.
OF NEW MEXICO BEAR ATTACKS THIS YEAR … ONE WAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHO WAS SWIPED. THE OTHER WAS A MAN WHO WAS BITTEN ON HIS HAND.
