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| Grizzly bear shot dead after DNA tests confirmed it ate a hiker | Grizzly bear shot dead after DNA tests confirmed it ate a hiker |
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| A bear that killed and ate a hiker in Yellowstone National Park has been put down. | A bear that killed and ate a hiker in Yellowstone National Park has been put down. |
| The adult female bear was killed after DNA tests confirmed she had eaten part of 63-year-old Lance Crosby and hid the rest of his body half a mile from the nearest path. | The adult female bear was killed after DNA tests confirmed she had eaten part of 63-year-old Lance Crosby and hid the rest of his body half a mile from the nearest path. |
| A spokeswoman for the park, Amy Bartlett, told the Associated Press, that this was not typical behaviour for an adult female defending her young. | |
| "If a bear consumes an individual, it's not allowed to remain in the population. It's not a risk we're willing to take." | "If a bear consumes an individual, it's not allowed to remain in the population. It's not a risk we're willing to take." |
| Lance Crosby was killed by the bear while he was out hiking on his own last week | Lance Crosby was killed by the bear while he was out hiking on his own last week |
| Mr Crosby’s body was discovered by park rangers on Friday and it was later confirmed that he had died of a bear attack. | Mr Crosby’s body was discovered by park rangers on Friday and it was later confirmed that he had died of a bear attack. |
| He had been hiking alone and had not been carrying bear spray, a type of pepper spray which is believed to repel the animals. | He had been hiking alone and had not been carrying bear spray, a type of pepper spray which is believed to repel the animals. |
| The female grizzly bear and her two clubs were captured later that night. | The female grizzly bear and her two clubs were captured later that night. |
| Hair samples found on his body matched the bear and no other bears had been spotted in that general area prior to Mr Crosby’s death. | Hair samples found on his body matched the bear and no other bears had been spotted in that general area prior to Mr Crosby’s death. |
| When the results came in officials heavily sedated the bear and firing a captive bolt into her skull, Ms Bartlett said. | When the results came in officials heavily sedated the bear and firing a captive bolt into her skull, Ms Bartlett said. |
| Yellowstone’s decision to euthanise the bear if it was found to have killed Mr Crobsy had prompted a backlash from animal rights’ protesters who said he had not taken the necessary precautions to be hiking in the woods. | Yellowstone’s decision to euthanise the bear if it was found to have killed Mr Crobsy had prompted a backlash from animal rights’ protesters who said he had not taken the necessary precautions to be hiking in the woods. |
| The park has received more than hundred calls and emails about the bear’s fate over the past week. | The park has received more than hundred calls and emails about the bear’s fate over the past week. |
| But park officials say the bear may not have been killed if the attack had been purely in defence of her cubs. | But park officials say the bear may not have been killed if the attack had been purely in defence of her cubs. |
| The two cubs now face the possibility of being put down unless the park can find a zoo to take them. | The two cubs now face the possibility of being put down unless the park can find a zoo to take them. |
| Mr Crosby is the sixth person to be killed by a Grizzly bear since 2010 in and around Yellowstone National Park which covers land stretching across Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. | Mr Crosby is the sixth person to be killed by a Grizzly bear since 2010 in and around Yellowstone National Park which covers land stretching across Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. |
| Additional reporting by AP | Additional reporting by AP |