Bear keeps entering Tijeras home, prompting neighborhood wildlife concerns
A Tijeras bear has opened doors, stolen food and carried off a yoga mat, while neighbors report more bears killing llamas, chickens and raiding trash.
A bear has been repeatedly entering a Tijeras home in Bernalillo County, opening doors, stealing food and even taking a yoga mat, putting a familiar foothills problem back in front of nearby families. The episodes have turned one residence into a live example of what happens when a bear finds easy access and keeps coming back.
The concern now reaches beyond a single house. Multiple bear sightings have been reported in Tijeras neighborhoods, and residents say the animals have been getting into trash, going after livestock and showing little fear around homes. Viewers described bears that killed llamas and chickens while searching for food, a sign that the problem is spreading through the community rather than staying tied to one property.
The immediate response starts at home. BearWise guidance says open doors are an open invitation to bears, and homeowners should always close and lock doors and windows. Trash should stay out of sight, smell and reach, and any enclosure used for garbage should be built with durable construction and multiple latches or an auto-locking mechanism. Screens do not keep bears out. Food, pet food and other attractants need to come inside, because once a bear learns where a meal is available, it will keep checking back.
That is the hard limit for local response in Tijeras: authorities and residents can monitor the problem, but they cannot make a bear forget a food source if the food source remains available. The bear opening doors in one home, and the broader reports of animals killing livestock and nosing into trash across Tijeras, point to a common prevention failure rather than a one-off encounter. In practice, the most effective fix is reducing access before another bear turns a porch, garage or trash can into part of its route through the neighborhood.
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