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ARE DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT --
CODEINE.
THEY ARE DUE IN COURT
NEXT MONTH.
A BEAR SPENT THE DAY
NAPPING IN A TREE NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS OF TABLE MESA DRIVE IN
BOULDER.
WE'VE SEEN WILDLIFE
OFFICERS REMOVE THEM IN THE PAST
BUT THEY'RE LETTING THIS ONE
HANG OUT!
Reporter: BECAUSE WE'RE SO
CLOSE TO THE FOREST AND THE BEAR
WASN'T THREATENING ANYONE, THEY
LET IT STAY IN THE TREE!
THE
HOMEOWNER DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT
WAS THERE UNTIL A WILDLIFE
OFFICER TOLD HER THIS MORNING.
AND AS THE BEAR NAPPED, THE
CROWDS GREW.
OH, WORK THAT'S CUTE.
Reporter: IT WAS AROUND DOWN
WHEN THE BEAR FOUND A PERCH.
THIS IS THE SECOND BEAR I'VE
SEEN, AND I'VE LIVED HERE MY
WHOLE LIFE.
22 YEARS.
MY GUESS IS IT CAME IN
DURING THE NIGHT, LOOKING FOR
FOOD.
Reporter: AS THE CROWD
GATHERED --
WOULD YOU LIKE A BROCHURE ON
BEARS?
Reporter: BETTY, A BEAR
AWARE VOLUNTEER, OFFICE HAND TO
MANAGE THE SITUATION.
CAN YOU MOVE BACK?
GET BACK
ON THE SIDEWALK?
Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST
BEAR SIGHTING SHE'S BEEN CALLED
TO BY PARKS AND WILDLIFE SO FAR
THIS YEAR.
I GUESS SEEING A BEAR IS
PRETTY RARE.
EVEN IN BOULDER.
Reporter: WITHOUT ANY
DANGERS OR CONFRONTATION AND
BEING SO CLOSE TO ITS NATURAL
HABITAT, WILDLIFE OFFICERS
DIDN'T TRAP IT OR TRY AND MOVE
IT.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO
DO IS MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE
FOOD IN TRASH CANS TO BRING THEM
DOWN.
Reporter: SOMETHING ELSE OUR
VOLUNTEER WAS TELLING PEOPLE IS
THAT WHILE BEAR-PROOF TRASH CANS
ARE REQUIRED IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T LATCH THEM PROPERLY.
SO
THEY WERE PASSING OUT THAT
INFORMATION.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT
7:45 WHEN WE SAW THE BEAR COME