The police department earlier this week reported a bear sighting on El Dorado Road. That’s at least the fourth in the area since spring. In an August message to the community, Mayor Fred Hashimoto wrote of a bear near the Sandoval Lateral, an agricultural irrigation canal that runs through Corrales and Rio Rancho. In May, another ursine visitor was spotted in the village and in northwest Albuquerque, staying a step ahead of state and local animal control authorities as it explored the area.
A police department urges residents to “be bear aware,” which includes securing garbage and food sources, keeping children close and pets leashed when outdoors and never feeding or intentionally approaching a bear.
Spokesperson Darren Vaughan of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish told the Corrales Comment that as of Oct. 20, authorities have opened 34 complaints related to bears in Sandoval County and 51 in Bernalillo County…