CODY, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently captured and relocated a sub-adult male grizzly bear on Aug. 15.
The grizzly bear was captured for cattle depredation on U.S. Forest Service lands in Fremont County. In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Shoshone National Forest, the grizzly bear was relocated to the Mormon Creek drainage approximately 5 miles from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park.
Grizzly 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.
Grizzly bear relocation is a management tool that large carnivore biologists use 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.
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