Yellowstone-area grizzly bear deaths up from 2019
By angelamontana

Posted: April 13, 2021

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) – A Montana state report made public this week showed that grizzly bear deaths in parts of Yellowstone National Park increased last year and were higher than the 10-year average, wildlife officials said.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks bear management specialist Kevin Frey said the data showed that there were 17 grizzly bear deaths recorded in 2020 in Montana’s portion of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. There were 10 bear deaths in 2019, the report said.

The data revealed that nine female bears, seven male bears and one cub of an unknown sex died last year – seven more than the 10-year average, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Thursday.

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