Three Montana grizzly bears sickened by bird flu had to be killed because they were suffering neurological damage from the virus. This is the first time the virus has been reported in grizzlies.
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Northwest college wrestlers Kendell Cummings and Brady Lowry have returned to the wrestling mat less than three months after being viciously attacked by a grizzly bear.
A man who survived being shot, impaled, and hit by a moving truck all while wearing a 150-pound grizzly-proof suit — which he invented — never lived to see it take off. Unfortunately, he blew up.
Federal wildlife authorities are pushing for the reintroduction of grizzlies into the state of Washington. It could work, Wyoming outdoorsmen say, if the state is prepared — and empowered — to manage the bears.
A retired Chicago tax attorney-turned environmental activist is taking a new strategy to opposing state management of wolves and grizzlies in Wyoming and other Mountain West states – fire the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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It’s a question that has swirled for decades among outdoors enthusiasts – in grizzly country, are you better off with bear spray or a firearm?
The Wyoming Game and Fish department say grizzly bears haven’t made it to the Bighorn Mountains yet, despite greatly expanding their range over the last few decades. Others aren’t that sure…
Evanston hunter Lee Francis told Cowboy State Daily that despite shooting himself, his 10 mm Glock saved his life. “The grizzly was a foot away from the muzzle and it was just bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!”
Because grizzly attacks have apparently become just too run of the mill lately, someone decided to spice things up by releasing an alligator in the Rocky Mountain West.
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An Evanston hunter survived a grizzly attack on Friday evening after shooting at the bear numerous times with a 10MM handgun. The man was life-flighted to the University of Utah hospital.
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“I could hear when his teeth would hit my skull,” Kendall Cummings told Cowboy State Daily on Monday. Kendall tried to physically pull a grizzly off his teammate Brady Lowry on Saturday and paid dearly for it. Lowry says his friend saved his life.
Grizzlies are becoming more and more aggressive, some outdoorsmen say, because they’ve been conditioned to know they don’t have to be cautious about anything.
Teeth-cleaning isn’t an option to possibly prolong the life of Teton Park’s famed Grizzly 399, which at about 26 years old is particularly old for a bear, a biologist says.
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Wyoming hunters are taking to the field just as grizzly bears are trying to fatten up for hibernation; a recipe for conflict.
According to a new report, a California woman frightened a grizzly bear away from her campsite last July, before it returned just a short time later and fatally attacked her.
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Wyoming photographer Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven writes: “If you ever wonder what it looks like when a grizzly comes sprinting directly towards you … here is the answer in pictures.”
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A grizzly bear was relocated from the Cody area to Yellowstone National Park over the weekend after it was caught eating pig slop adjacent to a trash can, a Wyoming Game and Fish official told Cowboy State Daily on Monday.
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A young male grizzly bear was relocated on Friday after it was caught preying on a cow calf in Cody, officials with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said on Monday.
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On Thursday, two wildlife groups filed an appeal of a U.S. District Court ruling that authorized the killing of up to 72 grizzlies to accommodate livestock grazing in Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Yellowstone.
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A male grizzly bear has likely killed the three cubs of popular female grizzly Blondie in Grand Teton National Park, park officials said.
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A 3-year-old grizzly bear was killed over the weekend after its mother and another bear attacked it in Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service euthanized the bear shortly after.
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A Wyoming man enjoying a hike in Yellowstone on Tuesday came upon a grizzly less than 30 yards away. The Game and Fish Dept said because he didn’t try to feed it, pet it, or put a saddle on it, he didn’t get mauled.
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A group of cyclists found themselves trapped with a grizzly when heading back down a mountainous road in Montana on Sunday.
The grizzly bear responsible for killing a Montana man last week will not be pursued or tracked down because it is not believed to be a predatory attack, officials said on Monday.
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The first grizzly bear sighting at Grand Teton National Park occurred last week, as many male grizzlies begin to emerge from hibernation across the country.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has received criticism from a wildlife organization for killing 30 grizzly bears in 2021.
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The first sighting of a grizzly in Yellowstone National Park was spotted on Monday by a pilot in the west-central portion of the park.
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Conservation organizations had a mixed response to Gov. Mark Gordon’s petitioning to remove Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears from the endangered species list.
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Gov. Mark Gordon on Tuesday officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the endangered species list.
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n 2018, a record 32 grizzly bears were euthanized in Wyoming in management decisions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That record could be challenged this year.
The grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has never been larger than it is now.
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An Illinois woman who was caught on video getting too close to grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park earlier this year received four days in jail as punishment this week.
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A man who was mauled by a grizzly bear over the weekend near Cody actually killed the female grizzly that attacked him, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced Tuesday.
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A man was mauled by a grizzly bear near Cody over the weekend, the Park County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday.
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Record traffic and an increased presence of bears on the highway between Cody and Yellowstone National Park are being blamed for the deaths of two bears
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday said he was confident the grizzly bear would be delisted and Wyoming would regain management of the animal.
Motorists have killed at least two bears in the past week on the road to Yellowstone.
It’s been a tough year for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. As of Wednesday, 27 individuals had been euthanized due to conflicts with humans, killed by other bears, hit by cars or drowned in canals so far in 2021.
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Montana wildlife officials shot and killed a grizzly bear early Friday morning that is believed to be the one that attacked and killed a woman in her tent earlier this week.
Montana officials are concerned about a grizzly bear’s lack of fear of humans and populated areas shown just hours before attacking and killing a woman.
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A full-on search continued on Wednesday for a grizzly bear who dragged a 65-year-old woman out of her tent and killed her in the middle of the night in Montana.
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A person was killed early Tuesday morning by a grizzly bear in a small town in Montana, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials.
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Felicia and her grizzly cubs will live another day as the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service said hazing efforts have been successful.
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A young adult male grizzly bear had to be relocated within Grand Teton National Park this week due to it receiving food rewards in two incidents earlier this month.
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A black bear which was pursued by a much larger and faster grizzly bear was able to escape by using its “powerful exit strategy” — climbing.
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As a result of continued harassment by wildlife viewers creating unsafe conditions on Togwotee Pass in Wyoming, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to conduct targeted hazing operations on grizzly bear 863.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding people that no matter how tough they might think they are, a grizzly bear is tougher.
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A man was injured Friday morning by a bear while hiking through Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials.
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A woman described as “heavyset” and in her mid-30s is under investigation for approaching grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park.
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What started as a handful of people occasionally watching a grizzly has now turned into large crowds of people getting out of their illegally parked vehicles, creating a serious safety issue along this busy highway.
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Education is the top priority in Wyoming’s $55 million, decades-long battle to recover and conserve grizzly bears.
Lummis, who sponsored grizzly delisting legislation earlier this year, told the Biden nominee it was time to shift management of the bear to the states.
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It might be still winter-like in some parts of Wyoming, but summer is officially here in Yellowstone National Park, as a person has already had a bad grizzly bear encounter.
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A $40,000 reward has been offered in connection with the killing of a female grizzly bear in Idaho in an area about 10 miles west of Yellowstone National Park.
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A 40-year-old backcountry guide from West Yellowstone died on Saturday following a grizzly bear attack two days earlier.
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The past 12 months have been tough for Dusty Lasseter. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of his efforts at a critical time in the grizzly bear education business.
A grizzly bear attack victim said grizzlies are “apex-killing machines” and need to be delisted immediately.
While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended grizzly bears stay on the threatened wildlife list for at least five more years, Wyoming officials have been quick to disagree with this.
A congressional proposal to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list would benefit the bears and humans, according to hunters and the state Game and Fish Department.
U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso have joined U.S. senators from Idaho and Montana to introduce legislation to delist grizzly bears from the endangered species list.
In more of the same-old-predictable strategy, there have been two notices of intent to sue over conflicts between grizzly bears and cattle in the Upper Green River region of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Here’s a quick overview of that issue, then we’re taking a deep dive into who is threatening to sue.
