Montana officials euthanize grizzly bear, release another

BONNER, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officers captured two younger feminine sibling grizzly bears, releasing one again into the wild and euthanizing the opposite attributable to an an infection stemming from shedding a entrance left paw.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks mentioned Friday it captured the 2-year-old females on Could 29 after they remained near properties within the Blackfoot Valley about 10 miles from the city of Bonner in western Montana.

The company mentioned the wholesome sibling weighed about 130 kilos and the opposite about 90 kilos. The wholesome grizzly was fitted with a radio collar and launched into an undisclosed location.

It’s not clear how the injured grizzly misplaced its paw, however a bicyclist discovered a grizzly bear paw on April 11 on a highway the place, final fall, a sow grizzly and three yearling cubs had been seen.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Bear Supervisor Jamie Jonkel instructed The Missoulian that the company is ready on DNA outcomes to see if the captured bears have been a part of the household group that included a male sibling. The mom grizzly had been identified to raid sheds and garages north of Missoula.

There have been no stories on the mom or male sibling this spring.