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A man has been killed and two other people injured by a bear that attacked a popular campsite on the edge of Yellowstone Park in the middle of the night.
Grizzly (above) and black bears both roam the area. Pic: Bryan Harry - NPS Photo.
The two survivors, a man and a woman, suffered severe bite wounds to their leg and arms respectively, local press reported.
Two tents were ripped apart in the unprovoked 4am attack at the Soda Butte campsite in the Gallatin National Park, on the northern edge of the famous Montana reserve.
The area and neighbouring campsites have been evacuated and the injured pair taken to hospital in Cody, Wyoming.
Gallatin National Park is at the height of its tourist season
The identities of the three victims have not been disclosed.
Wildlife officials have boarded aeroplanes and helicopters to carry out an extensive search for the bear, which is believed to have acted alone.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department spokesman Ron Aasheim described the incident as a random predatory attack.
Although there is plenty of food kept at the site, it is not thought to have been what attracted the animal, he said, adding that it still not known whether it is a black bear or a grizzly.
The last fatal bear attack in Montana occurred in 2001, when a grizzly mauled and killed a hunter who was butchering an elk, Mr Aasheim said.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...Campsite_at_Gallatin_National_Park_In_Montana
UPDATE:
COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people during a late-night rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park.
The sow, estimated to weigh 300 to 400 pounds, was lured into a trap fashioned from culvert pipe Wednesday evening, then left in place to attract the year-old offspring. By Thursday morning, two of the younger bears had been caught and the third could be heard nearby, calling out to its mother.
Montana wildlife officials on Thursday identified the man killed in the mauling as Kevin Kammer, 48, of Grand Rapids, Mich. The other victims, Deb Freele of London, Ontario, and an unidentified male, have been hospitalized in Cody, Wyo.
The two survivors, a man and a woman, suffered severe bite wounds to their leg and arms respectively, local press reported.
Two tents were ripped apart in the unprovoked 4am attack at the Soda Butte campsite in the Gallatin National Park, on the northern edge of the famous Montana reserve.
The area and neighbouring campsites have been evacuated and the injured pair taken to hospital in Cody, Wyoming.
Gallatin National Park is at the height of its tourist season
The identities of the three victims have not been disclosed.
Wildlife officials have boarded aeroplanes and helicopters to carry out an extensive search for the bear, which is believed to have acted alone.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department spokesman Ron Aasheim described the incident as a random predatory attack.
Although there is plenty of food kept at the site, it is not thought to have been what attracted the animal, he said, adding that it still not known whether it is a black bear or a grizzly.
The last fatal bear attack in Montana occurred in 2001, when a grizzly mauled and killed a hunter who was butchering an elk, Mr Aasheim said.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...Campsite_at_Gallatin_National_Park_In_Montana
UPDATE:
COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people during a late-night rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park.
The sow, estimated to weigh 300 to 400 pounds, was lured into a trap fashioned from culvert pipe Wednesday evening, then left in place to attract the year-old offspring. By Thursday morning, two of the younger bears had been caught and the third could be heard nearby, calling out to its mother.
Montana wildlife officials on Thursday identified the man killed in the mauling as Kevin Kammer, 48, of Grand Rapids, Mich. The other victims, Deb Freele of London, Ontario, and an unidentified male, have been hospitalized in Cody, Wyo.
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