42 Grizzly Bears Killed So Far in Wyoming This Year
Published onOctober 21, 2021October 21, 2021inNews/Bears
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By Wendy Corr, Cowboy State Daily
2021 is proving to be a dangerous year for grizzly bears.
So far this year, 42 grizzly bears have died in Wyoming, from the Beartooth Range down to the Dubois region — and there are still more than two months to go in the calendar year.
In 2020, the number of grizzlies killed through October totaled 31.
Some of the increase can be traced to the fact there has been an above-average number of encounters between grizzlies and humans this year, said Luke Ellsbury, a large carnivore biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
“Typically we’ll have three or four aggressive encounters every fall,” he said. “I think we’re at seven or eight maybe…
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