The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced the relocation of a subadult male grizzly bear. The bear was captured at a cattle depredation site on public land in Sublette County and relocated to the Five Mile Creek drainage area, approximately five miles from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park.
The relocation was done in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Shoshone National Forest. Grizzly bears are relocated in accordance with state and federal law and regulation, and the Game and Fish Department is required to update the public whenever a grizzly bear is relocated.
Game and Fish report that grizzly bear relocation is a management tool used to minimize conflicts between humans and grizzly bears. Bears that are considered a threat to human safety are not relocated. In some cases, a bear may be removed from the population if it cannot be relocated successfully.
The department stresses the importance of the public’s responsibility in bear management and the importance of keeping all attractants such as food, garbage, horse feed, and bird seed unavailable to bears. Reducing attractants available to bears reduces human-bear conflicts, and in some cases, relocations.
For more information on grizzly bear management and reducing the potential for conflicts, visit the Bear Wise Wyoming webpage.
Original reporting: Sheridan Media (Sheridan WY) — read the source article.
