An autopsy this week will determine the official cause of death for a\u00a0Colorado\u00a0woman found dead after what authorities believe was a bear attack.<\/p>\n
The body of the Durango woman, 39, was found Friday by her boyfriend, hours after she failed to return from walking her two dogs,\u00a0state Parks and Wildlife spokesman Jason Clay said.<\/p>\n
The attack comes less than two weeks after a Montana wilderness guide was fatally mauled by a grizzly bear that authorities said likely was defending a moose carcass near Yellowstone National Park.\u00a0Charles “Carl” Mock, 40, was attacked last week while fishing north of West Yellowstone\u00a0near a campground.<\/p>\n
In Colorado, Clay said the woman had gone for a walk\u00a0in the morning. Her boyfriend returned home at 8:30 p.m. to find the dogs outside\u00a0and\u00a0started searching and discovered her body an hour later, Clay said.<\/p>\n
\n“Wildlife officers responded and observed signs of consumption on the body and an abundance of bear scat and hair at the scene,” Clay said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Grizzly bear attack kills backcountry guide<\/strong> near Yellowstone National Park<\/span><\/p>\n CPW called in a dog team from the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Wildlife\u00a0Services to search the area.\u00a0The dog team quickly found a female black bear with two yearlings nearby. The bears were euthanized and are being taken to CPW\u2019s Wildlife Health Lab in Fort Collins for a necropsy.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/05\/02\/USAT\/4d531630-9aba-4480-869c-492b26d5269c-bear_attack.jpg?width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp\")
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