(West Yellowstone) – A grizzly bear with a history of conflict with people was euthanized Saturday after breaking into a house near West Yellowstone.
Early Saturday morning, a homeowner reported a bear with a cub broke through a kitchen window of an occupied home and removed a container of dog food from inside the house.
Later that evening, staff from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and local law enforcement captured the cub, and shot the adult grizzly due to an immediate public safety threat from the bear’s food-conditioned behavior.
Through genetic analysis and other identifying factors, the bear was confirmed to be involved in a fatal attack on a woman near West Yellowstone in July. The cub is being held at FWP’s wildlife rehabilitation center in Helena while arrangements are made to transfer the cub to a zoo in the coming weeks.
