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Yellowstone hunts killer grizzly bear | Yellowstone hunts killer grizzly bear |
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Wildlife agents are trying to capture a grizzly bear that killed a Michigan man in Yellowstone National Park, its second such fatality this summer. | Wildlife agents are trying to capture a grizzly bear that killed a Michigan man in Yellowstone National Park, its second such fatality this summer. |
John Wallace, 59, was found on Friday along the Mary Mountain Trail. | |
Fatal grizzly attacks are rare inside Yellowstone - the July attack was the first such incident in 25 years. | Fatal grizzly attacks are rare inside Yellowstone - the July attack was the first such incident in 25 years. |
"We think we provide visitors with pretty good knowledge and techniques to keep them safe in the backcountry," said Dan Wenk, a park superintendent. | "We think we provide visitors with pretty good knowledge and techniques to keep them safe in the backcountry," said Dan Wenk, a park superintendent. |
"Unfortunately, in this case it didn't happen that way." | "Unfortunately, in this case it didn't happen that way." |
Mr Wenk said that there were no witnesses to the most recent attack. | Mr Wenk said that there were no witnesses to the most recent attack. |
Park rangers are setting traps to capture and kill the animal that attacked the Michigan man. | Park rangers are setting traps to capture and kill the animal that attacked the Michigan man. |
The bear that killed him is believed to be a different animal to the one that killed the hiker in July. | The bear that killed him is believed to be a different animal to the one that killed the hiker in July. |
Park officials did not kill that animal because they determined it was the female protecting its cubs. | Park officials did not kill that animal because they determined it was the female protecting its cubs. |
But the park did kill a four-year-old male grizzly earlier this month after that 258lb (117kg) animal charged - but did not injure - a man sitting on a hiking trail near Yellowstone Lake. | |
Yellowstone National Park covers parts of three states - Wyoming, Montana and Idaho - and is home to more than 600 bears, which can be as large as 600lb (272kg). | Yellowstone National Park covers parts of three states - Wyoming, Montana and Idaho - and is home to more than 600 bears, which can be as large as 600lb (272kg). |