Tragic End for Grizzly Bear in Glacier National Park

A five-year-old female grizzly bear in Glacier National Park was euthanized after exhibiting increasingly aggressive behavior due to receiving multiple food rewards from unsecured sources. The bear had obtained unsecured human food from a campsite picnic table and aggressively charged a family picnicking on the shoreline. This is the first food-conditioned grizzly bear to be euthanized in the park since 2009. Park visitors are urged to take steps to prevent bears from becoming food conditioned and to report all bear sightings to the nearest ranger.