Three bears shot and killed in Sitka neighborhood

Wildlife troopers shot and killed a brown bear sow and her two cubs in a Sitka neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 20.
While it’s not the first report of an aggressive bear near downtown, the three were the first animals destroyed this year for public safety.
Alaska Wildlife Trooper Kyle Ferguson responded to the bear sighting on Granite Creek Road about 5:30 Thursday evening.
Ferguson said, like most of the recent bear sightings in town, the sow was searching for food.
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