AK: Homeowner Shoots Three Brown Bears, two Killed, one Wounded

An Anchorage Hillside homeowner shot three brown bears Thursday morning, killing two and wounding one, a wildlife official said Friday.

The three bears — a sow plus two cubs that were likely 2 years old — had been getting into trash cans, mostly moving through the area in the middle of the night, according to Dave Battle, Anchorage area biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

The homeowner, who lives in the area of O’Malley Road and Stony Brook Drive, shot and killed the sow and one cub while the other cub was injured and escaped, Battle said. Wildlife officials followed the wounded cub’s blood trail for roughly a quarter of a mile before they determined the cub was not going to die from the injury, he said.

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