Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was found dead Saturday on a hiking trail outside Yellowstone National Park in an apparent bear encounter.
, that bear was shot and killed when it charged seven officials and bear specialists who were trying to chase it out of the area.
Conservation efforts have brought the species back from 136 in 1975 to an estimated 1,063 as of 2021. With the bear population bouncing back, MFWP and the Forest Service advise people to take proper precautions before venturing out. This includes carrying bear spray and traveling in groups. As with other wild animals, making noise while traveling along the trail will alert the bears to your presence, giving them ample time to scamper off instead of being startled.
If you come across a bear in the wild, don’t approach it, and certainly don’t feed it; that’s illegal. Bears that are fed by people become food-conditioned,Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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