This here **** ****es me off. I hope they catch the SOB that shot this sow.
Three grizzly cubs orphaned
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Three grizzlies have been orhpaned after wildlife officials had to put their mother down.
Updated: Thu May. 27 2010 17:28:51
ctvcalgary.ca
Three grizzly cubs have been orphaned after their mother was injured so badly she had to be shot by wildlife officers.
Fish and Wildlife officials had been monitoring the sow and her two-year-old cubs for the past month.
Lyle Lester says the mama bear was healthy and a responsible mother. "This particular sow, she's been a pretty good mama. She's kept her kids away from farm yards and they haven't been getting into any trouble in terms of bothering livestock."
About a week ago things changed.
Area residents told wildlife officials they saw the sow limping. Then there were reports the cubs were on their own, coming into farm yards and eating dog food off someone's deck.
"Young bears, when they're on their own, are like kids. They get into trouble. And it didn't take these bears long to get into farm yards because they're hungry," says Lester.
Several days ago, someone spotted the cubs going in and out of a shelter used by a rancher as protection for his calves.
When Fish and Wildlife officers turned up to investigate they found the badly wounded sow inside. "She was hurting. She was suffering. When we tranquilized her, we found that he back leg ahd been shattered and there was a bullet wound," says Lester.
Lester says the mother bear had to be destroyed.
Her cubs were trapped, tagged, and have now been relocated to an area north of the Crowsnest Pass.
And here's another........compliments of man! Ya right open the hunt.
Young grizzly killed by train
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Parks Canada had been tracking the bear that was killed by a CP train on Thursday.
Updated: Thu May. 27 2010 14:44:29
ctvcalgary.ca
A female grizzly bear has been killed by a CP train.
It happened on Thursday at 12:15 a.m. on the railway tracks west of Banff.
Parks Canada staff has been tracking the bear and say it was four-and-a-half-years-old.
The bruin was hit near the Fireside day use area which is close to the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway and Bow Valley Parkway.
Officials searched the tracks and say no grain was found in the area.
Bears have been known to be hit by trains while they are on the tracks eating grain. Parks Canada says CP has done work to reduce bear mortality on the tracks. CP now has a rule that train crews must blow whistles in the area where the bear was hit to warn wildlife.
Park officials say, since 2007 five grizzly bears have been hit by trains in this area.
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mark
Were gonna be outa bears if this keeps up.
Peter
Very sad,wrong time and wrong
place
Laura
Here we go again. Spring has hardly sprung and already we are facing another needless death of an iconic figure. Makes my stomach turn. Imagine the mess it must make to have an animal that size killed by train. Can’t be a pretty sight for anyone. Exploited by tourist agencies; celebrated and cherished by many; hunted by others - the grizzly bear. When there are no more grizzlies, what will help the Rocky Mountains stand out from the others? Why not increase patrol of the tracks at key periods? And for heaven's sake SLOW THE TRAINS DOWN. Surely we can get stuff to and froe a little slower for the sake of the lives of these iconic beings.
Leslie
This just breaks my heart. We have so few of these amazing animals left in their ever-shrinking habitat. Must be horrible for the C.P. crew as well.