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Story summary
- Officials rescued a bear trapped in a Toyota SUV in Gold Hill, Colorado.
- Five days after a bear bit a fisherman near Denver, authorities killed it.
- Utah killed over 36 bears and New Mexico 187 bears in 2026, the highest tolls since 2011.
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife says drought and trash bins drive bears into homes.
- Scientists link the surge to record low snowpack and drought in the Colorado River Basin.
