{"id":8438,"date":"2010-07-29T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T13:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/07\/29\/yellowstone-area-griz-kills-on\/"},"modified":"2010-07-29T13:18:05","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T13:18:05","slug":"yellowstone-area-griz-kills-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/29\/yellowstone-area-griz-kills-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone area griz kills one, mauls several UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, I have a long standing interest in dogs and bears<\/a> and in the topic of animals eating people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(SEE UPDATE AT END OF POST)
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\nAnd now, from Montana, we have a case of a brown bear with cubs invading a camp ground, killing one person and mauling several over several minutes time. The rangers say it was a predatory attack, but the m.o. does not seem that way to me. Yet, it is also not a case of a bear going after badly stored food or being territorially threatened by humans in any direct way (but perhaps indirectly?).<\/p>\n

When he heard the first scream in a campground outside Yellowstone National Park, Don Wilhelm thought it was just teenagers … The wildlife biologist from Texas tried to go back to sleep, stifling thoughts that a beast might be lurking outside his family’s tent.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, another scream — this one coming from the next campsite over, where a bear had torn through a tent and sunk its teeth into Freele’s arm.<\/p>\n

“First she said, “No!’ Then we heard her say, ‘It’s a bear! I’ve been attacked by a bear!” said Wilhelm’s wife, Paige.<\/p>\n

By that point, the bear already had ripped into another tent a few campsites away, chomping into the leg of a teenager who had been sleeping with his family … <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

After a quick parental back-and-forth over whether to shield their 9- and 12-year-old sons with their bodies or make a break for it, the Wilhelms darted to their SUV.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is a lot more detail here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trapped grizzlies await death sentence<\/strong><\/p>\n

… officials say they will decide the bears’ fate only after seeing the results of DNA tests that are expected Friday.<\/p>\n

“Everything points to it being the offending bear, but we are not going to do anything until we have DNA samples,” said MFWP spokesman, Ron Aasheim….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire story HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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