Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirms regulations for transfer of bear from California
Travis Duncan
DENVER - Today, wildlife biologists for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) captured and plan to relocate a large female black bear responsible for home break-ins and property damage in the South Lake Tahoe area since 2022. The bear was captured and will be transferred to privately owned nonprofit The Wild Animal Sanctuary’s Refuge near Springfield, Colorado, now that it has cleared medical examinations and permitting by the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
The sanctuary had requested permission from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) for the transfer. CPW and CDA’s role was solely to certify the regulations for this out-of-state wild animal transfer to a private nonprofit sanctuary. CPW’s Director Jeff Davis approved this request through a Wildlife Sanctuary transfer, covering limited one-time transfers in Chapter 11 of CPW’s Regulations.
For more information, please contact
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Jordan Traverso (she/her)
Deputy Director of Communications, Education and Outreach
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
[email protected]
(916) 212-7352
Or
The Wild Animal Sanctuary
Pat Craig
[email protected]
Office: 303.536.0118
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is an enterprise agency, relying primarily on license sales, state parks fees and registration fees to support its operations, including: 43 state parks and more than 350 wildlife areas covering approximately 900,000 acres, management of fishing and hunting, wildlife watching, camping, motorized and non-motorized trails, boating and outdoor education. CPW's work contributes approximately $6 billion in total economic impact annually throughout Colorado.