It turns out, Butterwick was capturing one of the first known photos of a rare, white-headed grizzly cub. The warning comes in the wake of recent excitement over a rare, white grizzly spotted in the mountain parks of Alberta and B.C. A rare white grizzly is shown in Banff National Park in this undated photo. (Jason Bantle/Canadian Press handout)Butterwick said the mother grizzly had a yellow tag on her ear, meaning she is known to parks staff. In early May, when a Canmore woman spotted a rare white grizzly, conservation biologist Mike Gibeau, told CBC the unfortunate thing about such rare sightings is that the publicity can bring harm to the bears.

Source: CBC News June 17, 2020 02:10 UTC