Nationwide Information
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana (AP) — A girl was discovered lifeless in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a path west of Yellowstone Nationwide Park.
The Montana Division of Fish, Wildlife and Parks mentioned in an announcement on Sunday that the girl was discovered deceased on a path close to West Yellowstone, a Montana city nestled within the Custer Gallatin Nationwide Forest simply west of Yellowstone Nationwide Park.
They mentioned the girl was discovered deceased “following an obvious bear encounter” primarily based on what investigators decided have been grizzly bear tracks on the scene. The division mentioned the investigation into the grizzly assault was ongoing.
Rangers issued an emergency closure of the world the place the girl was discovered, which is common with hikers.
Although the division’s assertion mentioned the dying appeared to have adopted the girl’s interplay with the bear, it didn’t affirm her reason behind dying.
The assault comes amid an increase in Montana’s grizzly bear inhabitants and a rise in sightings.
The division put out a information launch final week warning guests that workers had confirmed grizzly bear sightings all through the state, “significantly in areas between the Northern Continental Divide and the Nice Yellowstone ecosystems.”
They implored these tenting and visiting parks to hold bear spray, retailer their meals whereas outdoors and have a tendency to their rubbish.