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Alabama Officials Euthanize Black Bear After Highway Collision

7/8/2026

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Alabama officials euthanized a male black bear after a vehicle hit it on Highway 14 near Bumpers gas station in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Sunday.
Marianne Gauldin said a warden arrived at 2:30 p.m. and urged residents not to approach bears, to report sightings, and to remove attractants for two weeks.
After officers found the bear with fatal injuries and dispatched it to hasten death, the sheriff’s office removed and buried the animal.

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Alabama officials euthanized a male black bear after a vehicle hit it on Highway 14 near Bumpers gas station in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Sunday.
Marianne Gauldin said a warden arrived at 2:30 p.m. and urged residents not to approach bears, to report sightings, and to remove attractants for two weeks.
After officers found the bear with fatal injuries and dispatched it to hasten death, the sheriff’s office removed and buried the animal.