Colorado Euthanizes Bear After Aspen Park Bite as State Logs Record 2026 Bear Activity
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Updated · The Denver Post · Aug 19
Colorado Euthanizes Bear After Aspen Park Bite as State Logs Record 2026 Bear Activity
3 articles · Updated · The Denver Post · Aug 19
Summary
An adult female bear was euthanized after biting a homeless man on the head in Aspen's Rio Grande Park early Wednesday while he slept.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the bear approached, sniffed the man and attacked; officers later found a bear matching the description and sent it for necropsy and DNA analysis.
The man was treated for head and facial injuries and released, and officials said the bear had no cubs.
A second attack this week injured a woman in Steamboat Springs after a bear pushed through a damaged sliding glass door and struck her in the face when she tried to drive it out.
The incidents come during what wildlife officials called a record year for bear activity in Colorado.