400 pound grizzly caught and killed

A 400 pound grizzly bear was caught and killed by park employees in Yellowstone last week, since according to the National Park Service, he was a risk of public security in one of the most busy areas of Wyoming Park.

The bear, an 11-year-old male grizzly, overturned bear-resistant garbage container-old weighing 800 pounds and pulled dwarfs from their concrete bases in search of human garbage. It could be accessible nearby and garbage could be accessed Old loyaltyAs well as near the NEZ Perce Perce Picnic area and the parking lot for geyser pools in Midway Geyser, the parking officers said.

“It is regrettable that this bear was regularly looking for garbage and could defeat the bear's bear resistant to the park of the park,” said Kerry Gunther, Yellowstone Bear Management Biologist. “We make great efforts to protect bears and prevent them from being conditioned on human food. Occasionally a bear outwits us or overcomes our defense. In this case, we sometimes have to remove the bear from the population to protect visitors and property.”

The park found that Yellowstone offers food storage tank at all campsites “Bären -Resistant” and devices for food on the backcountry campsites as well as “bear -resistant dummy containers and dwarfs”.

Officials also said that a bear was killed in “A Management Action” by parking employees in 2017 when he “removed” a grizzly bear after damaging tents and gaining access to food at Heart Lake Campingsites.

In 2023, Another grizzly The region was killed after having fatally attacked a woman west of Yellowstone on a forest path west of Yellowstone and three years earlier a person in Idaho. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shot, the Bear, a 10-year-old female grizzly, with the consent of the US fish and wildlife service.

Grizzly bears are protected in the USA as an endangered species and it is illegal to damage or kill them, except in cases of self-defense or the defense of others, according to the fish and wild animals. The Greater Yellowstone -Ecosystem with the Yellowstone National Park At the core, the government agency identified as a “recreation zone” for grizzly populations.