Aggressive Yellowstone grizzly euthanized after charging hiker
Fri, Jul 29 2011
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho | Tue Aug 2, 2011 8:25pm EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Rangers have taken the rare step of capturing and killing a grizzly bear deemed a threat to human safety in Yellowstone National Park after the bruin menaced a hiker without any apparent provocation.
Bear managers said the 4-year-old male grizzly was euthanized on Monday, two days after the 258-pound animal charged at but did not injure a man sitting along a hiking trail near Yellowstone Lake.
The encounter ended after the bear tore into a food-filled backpack the hiker threw at the animal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/03/us-grizzly-yellowstone-idUSTRE77201420110803