Crestone News

Our story about the killing of a mother bear in Crestone by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer , and the current status of the two cubs she left behind, drew a response from the woman who owns the ranch where the shooting took place.

On August 25, a mother bear with two cubs was shot on a ranch in Crestone by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer.

Two bear cubs, orphaned when their mother was fatally shot, are expected to be released back into the wild in the spring.