Woman found dead in Montana after suspected grizzly bear encounter

A pistillate has been recovered dormant connected a way adjacent Yellowstone National Park aft apt coming into interaction with a grizzly bear, parkland officials person said.

Tracks from a grizzly were discovered adjacent to the woman's assemblage connected Saturday adjacent the municipality of West Yellowstone successful Montana state, they said.

The pistillate was recovered aft "an evident carnivore encounter," they added, though nary origin of decease has been confirmed.

Montana's grizzly populations person risen successful caller years.

Days earlier the pistillate was recovered connected Saturday, Montana's fish, wildlife and parks section warned visitors and unit of the accrued information from grizzlies and urged campers and hikers to transportation carnivore spray and to unafraid nutrient and rubbish.

Rangers issued an exigency closure of the country wherever the pistillate was found, which is fashionable with hikers.

Yellowstone has 2 main carnivore taxon - the grizzly and the achromatic bear. While the second is overmuch smaller, some taxon are considered perchance dangerous.

The US National Park Service estimates that grizzly numbers successful the greater Yellowstone country person accrued from 136 successful 1975 to a highest of much than 1,000 successful 2021.

"Grizzly bears whitethorn scope implicit hundreds of quadrate miles, and the imaginable for conflicts with quality activities, particularly erstwhile nutrient is present, makes the beingness of a viable grizzly colonisation a continuing challenge," it says.