Tuesday night, a black bear entered a Granby home through an unlocked door. Hours later, it came back for seconds.
The most recent break-in occurred sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday, said Rachel Gonzales, spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. No one was home at the time.
“Bears usually have a hard time with knob-style doors, but this bear figured out how to open them,” Gonzales said. “That’s why we’re always telling people who live in bear country to lock your windows, lock your doors because once a bear figures it out, they can do it again and they will come back.”
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Gonzales said no one was injured and the damage was relatively minimal, likely caused by the bear searching for food.
“I asked the district wildlife officer to rate the damage on a scale of one to five,” Gonzales said. “She gave it a three and said it looked like someone threw a really good party.”
To keep bears out of your home, Colorado Parks and Wildlife recommends keeping garage doors, car doors and windows closed and locked at night; removing tree limbs that provide access to upper-level decks and windows and putting on talk radio when you leave home — the human voice startles most bears.
According to a CPW fact sheet, if a bear enters your home, open doors and windows to make sure it can leave the same way it got in. Don’t approach the bear or block escape routes.
“Never approach a bear,” CPW stated. “If a bear won’t leave, call your local CPW office. If a bear presents an immediate threat to human safety, call 911.”
Visit www.wildlife.state.co.us/bears for more information.
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