Non-hunter bear mortality is bear deaths outside, and not including, hunting. An average of 225 bears died per year in Colorado from 1997 to 2007 in non-hunter mortality. Spikes in these numbers occurred, not surprisingly, in years of natural food failures, 418 bears in 2007 and 404 bears in 2002.
On average, of those 225 bears per year - 30 would be killed by Colorado Division of Wildlife, 65 by landowners and 24 by USDA/APHIS (Wildlife Services).
Bears killed by vehicles make up on average 75 percent of *other mortalities. (*bear deaths other than DOW, landowner and Wildlife Services - electrocuted, dispatched by other law enforcement officers, carcasses found, etc).
Data provided by the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
Top photo: Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald
Other photo: Webshots user:muddlee
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