Photo / File,123RFThe grizzly was killed after it charged game wardens at the scene of the attack. Photo / File,123RFA Montana backcountry guide has died after he was mauled by a large grizzly bear that was probably defending a nearby moose carcass just outside Yellowstone National Park, officials said Monday. Officers from the sheriff's office and West Yellowstone Police Department are seen near the scene of a grizzly bear mauling just outside Yellowstone. The Yellowstone region of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming has more than 700 bears. But lawmakers from Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are trying to force wildlife officials to lift protections so the bears can be hunted.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 19, 2021 23:37 UTC