A DEBATE CONTINUES ON THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THE PROBLEM OF BEARS WANDERING INTO POPULATED AREAS LOOKING FOR FOOD AND WATER, PARTICULARLY IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. BEAR ADVOCATES WANT TO USE DIVERSIONARY FEEDING … WHICH WOULD LURE THE BEARS AWAY WITH FOOD. BUT NEW MEXICO WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY THIS MAY CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, 28 BEARS HAVE BEEN KILLED THIS YEAR; SEVEN HAVE BEEN HIT IN TRAFFIC; 34 HAVE BEEN RELOCATED.
