The El Paso Times
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Displaced by fires and short on food after months of drought, New Mexico game officials say bears in search of a good meal are heading into the cities in unusually high numbers this summer.
In just the last week, a bear and her cub crashed a wedding at an exclusive Taos resort.
A few days later, a bear was caught munching on fruit trees in a Santa Fe neighborhood.
Some 60 miles down the road, a bear was rescued from a tree in an Albuquerque neighborhood.
And earlier this summer, a bear was caught on video checking garbage cans at the governor’s mansion.
New Mexico Game and Fish officials say 26 bears have been trapped and released back into the wild.
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