An adult female grizzly bear captured in Yellowstone National Park has been euthanized after park officials determined the bear was responsible for killing a hiker last week. The bear's two cubs will be transferred to a zoo or other animal sanctuary. Park officials made the decision after an autopsy conducted Monday concluded that Lance Crosby, a 63-year-old Billings, Mont. man, died as a result of traumatic injuries sustained from the attack. Genetic analysis confirmed that the adult female grizzly, which was captured near the scene of the attack, was the same bear that attacked and killed Crosby. Continue Reading →
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4 injured by grizzlies in separate incidents in Yellowstone, Idaho
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Four people were injured Thursday in two separate and unrelated grizzly bear encounters in the greater Yellowstone area. One incident took place near Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park, while the other happened near Island Park Reservoir in Idaho, just outside the park's western boundary. Continue Reading →
Filed under: grizzly bear, human-bear conflicts, island park, safety
Grand Teton grizzly bear relocated from Lizard Creek area
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A 212-pound male grizzly bear was captured and relocated from the Lizard Creek campground at Grand Teton National Park on Monday. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Grand Teton, News, Wildlife, grand teton national park, grizzly bear, Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
Cody area man hospitalized after grizzly bear attack
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A Cody man was hospitalized Thursday after being attacked early in the morning by a grizzly bear. The man was irrigating fields at his home 21 miles southwest of Cody, Wyo. The man was recovering at West Park Hospital from injuries sustained during the attack, including severe facial lacerations, said Lee Livingston, who was present near Patrick's home Thursday speaking with Wyoming Game and Fish Department staff members. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Wildlife, attack, grizzly bear, injury, nic patrick, safety
Close-up footage of a grizzly bear eating a video camera
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Brad Josephs, a naturalist interpreter specializing in bear biology and ecology, was guiding a trip in Alaska when he set up a GoPro camera and ended up capturing footage of a mother grizzly and her three-year-old son. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Wildlife, grizzly bear, humor, video
Speed not a factor in Grand Teton vehicle wreck that killed grizzly bear
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Authorities have released new details from their investigation into an incident yesterday that left a driver in Grand Teton National Park injured and a young male grizzly bear dead, finding that excessive speed was not a factor. Officers with the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the National Park Service have finished a preliminary investigation that has determined that a vehicle traveling south on Highway 26/89/191 in Grand Teton National Park swerved slightly to avoid a bear that was trying to cross the highway. That unexpected maneuver caused the northbound vehicle to also swerve, over-correct, and veer off into the sagebrush on the west side of the highway. A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man, whose name has not been disclosed, was driving the northbound car, and sustained minor injuries in the wreck. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Grand Teton, bear, fatality, grand teton, grizzly bear, safety
Young male grizzly bear killed in Grand Teton vehicle incident
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Grand Teton National Park rangers are investigating the circumstances surrounding a single-vehicle incident this morning that left the driver injured and killed a young male grizzly bear. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Grand Teton, bear, fatality, grand teton, grand teton national park, grizzly, grizzly 399, grizzly bear
Fearless elk hang around disinterested grizzly bear at Willow Flats in Grand Teton
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Well, here's something you don't see every day. Photographer Daryl Hunter has posted a pretty perplexing video of elk and a grizzly bear behaving in a way that seems — well, you're just going to have to watch it. In Hunter's video, a grizzly bear in the Willow Flats area of Grand Teton National Park strolls into frame and, understandably, a bunch of elk trot briskly in the opposite direction. But then, something really weird happens. The grizzly does not give chase, and the elk walk right back up to the bear. Then the bear appears to wander around the herd for a few minutes, all without the bear or the elk doing what you would expect. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Photos & Videos, animals, bears, daryl hunter, elk, grand teton, grand teton national park, grizzly bear
Wyoming governor wants quicker review of Yellowstone bear protections
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Wyoming governor Matt Mead has written to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking for the removal of federal protections for grizzly bears under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Yellowstone bear situation is "severe and costly" for Wyoming. Mead said he hoped to accelerate what could be a two-year review and analysis of how changes in Yellowstone bear habitat and food sources might affect the grizzly's status as a protected species. "Two years is too long and the cost is too great," Mead wrote. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Wildlife, endangered species act, grizzlies, grizzly bear, ken salazar, matt mead, trenindg, yellowstone bear
Wyoming Game and Fish trapping grizzly bears in Grass Creek area
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As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the greater Yellowstone area, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct trapping operations in the Grass Creek drainage northwest of Thermopolis April 23 - May 23. All areas where trapping is being conducted will have major access points marked with warning signs. Game and Fish officials advise all members of the public heed these signs. Continue Reading →