Nevada wildlife officials euthanize black bear in Genoa after repeated goat kills
A male black bear was euthanized Friday in Genoa for killing livestock, Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said. It is the first bear killed this year determined to be depredating livestock. In 2013 two bears were euthanized for the same reason.
The bear, estimated to be six years of age, had been handled by NDOW personnel two other times before, earlier this week and in April.
On April 29 the same bear is believed to have killed four goats inside an enclosure in Genoa. A trap was set and a bear was caught but it could not be determined if the bear that had been captured had killed the livestock.
Because a positive identification of the offending bear could not be made, the bear in the trap, wearing ear tag “Yellow #43” was taken to an area about 80 miles south of Gardnerville and released, according to a NDOW news release. The bear first received it identifying ear tag in March of 2013 when it was captured near a lambing area in Jacks Valley, just north of Genoa.
Black bear “Yellow #43” returned to Genoa this past week, punched a hole in the side of a small barn and entered the enclosure, killing two goats. The offending bear was caught in a NDOW trap Friday morning and, once it was properly identified, was euthanized by Department of Wildlife personnel.
Persons needing to report nuisance bear activity can call the NDOW’s Bear Hotline telephone number at (775) 688-BEAR (2327).
For information on living with bears persons can go to www.ndow.org and find the ”Bear Logic” page on the web.