(West Glacier) – Glacier National Park and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, euthanized a five-year-old female grizzly bear on Thursday, July 20.
The grizzly was euthanized after the bear received multiple food rewards from unsecured sources, causing it to exhibit increasingly aggressive behavior. This behavior posed a threat to human safety making it necessary to remove it from the population.
The grizzly was euthanized near Lake Sherburne, this is the first food conditioned grizzly bear to be euthanized in the park since 2009.
