New Mexico legislation would spare some bears that attack

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico lawmakers may scrap and rewrite regulations that currently mandate the euthanizing of bears and other wild animals that attack a human so that animals can be tested for rabies.
A bill has been pre-filed as the Legislature convenes Tuesday that would give health and wildlife officials the ability to consider the current risk of rabies and also whether the animal acted in self-defense.
Los Alamos resident Karen Williams says she helped develop the legislation