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Public Meeting Over New Mexico Wild Animal Policy

Wildlife advocates and New Mexico lawmakers are planning to discuss outdoor safety and a state law that led to the death of a mother black bear in June following an attack on a marathon runner in the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening in Santa Fe.

Participants will include several environmental groups, the New Mexico Game and Fish Department and Karen Williams, the marathon runner who was attacked June 18 in the Valles Caldera.

The black bear was killed the next day for rabies testing.

Williams wants to change state regulations that mandate the euthanization of any wild animal that attacks a human for rabies testing.

Williams argues that the bear, which was acting in defense of its cubs, showed no signs of rabies.

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