DON’T FEED THE BEARS IS A LESSON A 70 YEAR OLD CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO, MAN NOW KNOWS QUITE WELL. THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH SAYS THE MAN TOLD OFFICERS HE USED CRACKED CORN TO FEED WILDLIFE, INCLUDING BEARS. ONE OF THOSE BEARS ATTACKED THE MAN AS HE LEFT HIS HOME LAST FRIDAY MORNING, LEAVING HIM WITH PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO AN ARM AND SCRATCHES ON HIS LEG. HE WAS TREATED AT A HOSPITAL IN ALAMOGORDO.
THE MAN ALSO TOLD OFFICERS A MINIMUM OF FOUR BEARS ROUTINELY CAME TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE ANIMALS WILL NOW HAVE TO BE EUTHANIZED.
