Wildlife officials thought they had a video, with a timestamp showing April 6, of Southeast ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s first confirmed bear sighting of 2019, but they've since obtained an earlier photo.
Officials with the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Game and Fish Department obtained an April 2 photo of a bear roaming the Apache Pass area, making it the year's first bear sighting in the southeast region.Â
It was originally thought that an April 6 sighting was the first of the year. Game and Fish released a video of that sighting, which was in Red Ridge Trail in the Santa Catalina Mountains.Â
Watch the video and get some safety tips below.Â
Correction: Please note that we have since obtained this photo taken in the Apache Pass area & time stamped April 2, 2019, which makes this the first bear confirmed sighted this year in SE AZ. Please Like us on FB at AZGFD ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and send us your images for posting w/credit. Thx.
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