WINSTON-SALEM — Officers shot and killed a bear they perceived as a threat Monday night after finding it going through trash cans in someone's back yard, police said.
Officers responded to 225 Kramer Court on a report of a bear going through trash cans.
The officers perceived the bear as a threat and shot it, police said in a statement. Police did not elaborate.
City sanitation workers removed the bear.
N.C. Wildlife workers were also notified.
There were no injuries or property damage, police said.
The shooting comes amid recent reports by residents of bear sightings throughout the Triad.
The bear population in North Carolina has also increased significantly in the past several years, climbing from about 4,000 bears living on 2.5 million acres in 1971 to about 11,000 living on almost 10 million acres in 2004.
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