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JACKSON — Two grizzly bears who made a home for themselves near Heart Mountain have been preemptively moved to avoid conflict, according to a Wyoming Game and Fish Department release.
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JACKSON — Two grizzly bears who made a home for themselves near Heart Mountain have been preemptively moved to avoid conflict, according to a Wyoming Game and Fish Department release.
After consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Game and Fish captured and relocated two subadult male grizzly bears on June 28. The bears had localized outside of suitable habitat near Heart Mountain.
In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, the bears were relocated to the Boone Creek drainage approximately 28 miles northwest of Moran.
Game and Fish also captured and relocated one subadult female grizzly bear on July 9.
The bear was captured and relocated for killing cattle on private property northwest of Cody. The bear was relocated to the Blackrock drainage approximately 4 miles northwest of Togwotee Pass.
Bears are relocated in accordance with state and federal law and regulation, and Game and Fish is required to update the public whenever a grizzly bear is relocated.
