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Two brown bears killed near Eagle River after repeated trash raids

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Two brown bears were shot and killed in Eagle River Monday night by Fish and Game officials after they were repeatedly reported to have gotten into trash in more than one neighborhood. Surveillance video shows two brown bears wandering the Eagle Ridge neighborhood near Eagle River. The bears were shot later that week by Fish and Game. A Fish and Game spokesperson says the two bears were 2 or 3 years old – considered to be sub-adults, and not yet fully grown. The bears were shot at about 11 p.m. Ken Marsh, a spokesperson for the Department of Fish and Game, said. Marsh said in the same neighborhoods, Fish and Game has had to kill three different brown bears that had been getting into trash over the past two years. The two killed this week had been showing signs of becoming aggressive. Brown bears are much more dangerous than black bears when they get into trash,... (o brown bears killed near Eagle River after repeated trash raids)