Gem County Sheriff’s Office deputies killed a young black bear on Wednesday after it became habituated to humans, according to a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Emmett residents first reported seeing the yearling bear on Sunday, June 14, and told Fish and Game the animal was “seeking out and receiving human-related food rewards in town,” Fish and Game Southwest Region spokesperson Brian Pearson wrote in the news release. Pearson said the bear was tipping over trash bins and had access to unsecured livestock feed.
The initial reports came the same day that Fish and Game officers helped Nampa police and firefighters relocate a yearling black bear from a neighborhood near Centennial Golf Course…