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SOLDOTNA, Alaska, May 20 (UPI) -- Officials from Alaska's Department of Fish and Game are set to give bears a chance to change their image through the use of various hair dyes.
The Anchorage Daily News said Sunday that by giving each species of bear in the region different colored fur, wildlife officials effectively will be labeling the animals.
The planned dye jobs give state biologists an easy way to identify which bears have been consistently threatening humans in the region. Due to those threats, some animals have been ordered executed.
Since bears likely have little interest in a visit to the hair salon, wildlife officials plan to tranquilize the animals before applying each species' specific color scheme.
Officials told the newspaper they did not want to embarrass the animals, but felt the hair-dying was necessary to ensure the bears' safety.
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