A LACK OF FOOD CONTINUES TO DRIVE BLACK BEARS FROM THE MOUNTAINS INTO ALBUQUERQUE. THREE MORE BEARS WERE RECENTLY CAPTURED…ONE TUESDAY NIGHT AND TWO MORE ON WEDNESDAY. RACHEL SHOCKLEY WITH THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT TELLS 770 KKOB IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THESE THREE BEARS HAD BEEN CAUGHT SINCE THEY WEREN'T TAGGED. THAT MEANS THEY WERE TRAPPED AND RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD.
SHOCKLEY SAYS ALL THREE BEARS WERE CAUGHT IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA: MONTGOMERY AND EUBANK … PASEO AND EUBANK … AND NEAR THE TANOAN COUNTRY CLUB.