US EditionBlack Bear Killed in Yellowstone National Park After Series of 'Concerning Incidents'
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA, JUL 19 – Two bears were killed after becoming food-conditioned and causing property damage, with officials citing threats to human safety and ongoing wildlife management efforts.
- July 11, Yellowstone National Park staff lethally removed an adult female black bear in the Blacktail Deer Creek drainage, the first since 2020, officials said.
- Earlier this month the bear climbed a food storage pole to access campers’ food, National Park Service said, leading to its removal.
- National Park Service stated that proper food storage is mandatory at campsites, with each of Yellowstone’s 293 backcountry campsites featuring a food storage pole or bear-resistant box, officials said.
- A landowner along Foothill Road east of Kalispell shot and killed a grizzly bear on July 10 after it entered a chicken coop, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reported.
- Yellowstone continues to require all backcountry campers to use storage poles or containers, officials said, emphasizing proper food storage to protect visitors and wildlife.
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Black bear killed at Yellowstone National Park
Park rangers killed a black bear at Yellowstone National Park earlier this month after it crushed an unoccupied tent and climbed a food storage pool and ate campers’ food.
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