Extreme weather is driving more bears into Utah cities to look for food. Many of them are being euthanized.
The Division of Wildlife Resources has already euthanized 56% more bears than it did in all of 2025.
(Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) Black bears have been showing up in Utah cities in numbers never seen before. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has responded to 168 bear calls already in 2026, compared to 83 through all of 2025