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A grizzly bear attacked and injured a man at Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, prompting officials to temporarily close part of the park to visitors.

The 35-year-old victim, who has not been identified by officials, was given emergency medical care at the scene and transported to St John’s Hospital on Sunday.

The man who is from Massachusetts is in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery, according to park officials.

Park rangers say that the man was caught in a surprise attack by two grizzly bears, with one of them injuring him. Officials closed the Signal Mountain Summit Road and Signal Mountain trail to all public entry.

It is the second bear attack in North America in the space of a week. A 36-year-old hunter who was tracking a bear in Canada was attacked by a different adult grizzly bear, sustaining multiple injuries.

That attack happened in the Rocky Mountains in Elkford, British Columbia, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Officials say the victim managed to shoot the bear and it was later found deceased.

Despite the two attacks, according to the US National Park Service, bear attacks are rare. However, the agency advises visitors against leaving food unattended unless properly secured, keep a clean camp and store attractants and garbage.

If a bear happens to be spotted, visitors should stay at least 100 yards away.

It’s not clear what the man’s injuries were and officials did not provide details of the attack.

There were 38 bear-related incidents in nearby Yosemite National Park last year, per the National Park Service’s website. Incidents are currently up 16 per cent compared to last year. Four male bears are currently active in Yosemite Valley.

Another large male bear has been seen along the riverbanks and a female bear has been active for over a month in and out of the area. There are about 1,400 to 1,700 grizzly bears in the US.

The species is still listed under the Endangered Species Act as a threatened species, meaning it could become endangered in the foreseeable future. The last attempt to get the bears delisted was in 2023 when US Senator Jim Risch, an Idaho Republican, introduced a bill in the US Senate that would do just that.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service took grizzly bears off the threatened species list in 2007 and 2017 but were reinstated by district judges in 2009 and 2018.

Moose, Wyo. — A grizzly bear attacked and seriously injured a man in western Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, prompting closure of a mountain there Monday.

The grizzly was one of two that surprised the 35-year-old man from Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon on Signal Mountain. Rescuers flew the injured man by helicopter to an ambulance that drove him to a nearby hospital.

He was expected to recover, park officials said in a statement, declining to identify him.

The statement did not detail the man’s injuries or say how he encountered the bear. Park officials closed a trail and the road to an overlook atop the 7,700-foot mountain.

The attack happened as Grand Teton and nearby Yellowstone National Park begin their busy summer tourist season.

Several such attacks occur each year as the region’s grizzly population has grown. Park officials urge people to give bears plenty of space, carry bear spray and avoid leaving out food that might attract bears.

The attack comes just days after a man in Canada suffered “significant injuries” after being attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting with his father.

Last fall, a Canadian couple and their dog were killed by a grizzly bear while backpacking in Banff National Park. Just weeks before that, a hunter in Montana was severely mauled by a grizzly bear. 

Last July, a grizzly bear fatally mauled a woman on a forest trail west of Yellowstone National Park. The bear was later euthanized after breaking into a house near West Yellowstone in August. 

Also that month, a 21-year-old woman who was planting trees was seriously injured by a bear in British Columbia. Canadian officials could not locate the animal but believe it was a grizzly bear that attacked the woman.

In October 2022, a grizzly bear attacked and injured two college wrestlers in the Shoshone National Forest in northwestern Wyoming.

Grizzly bears in the 48 contiguous states are protected as a threatened species, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  

Last month, the U.S. National Park Service announced it was launching a campaign to capture grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park for research purposes. The agency urged the public to steer clear of areas with traps, which would be clearly marked