bears

Last month, a state biologist said it was too early to say whether the recovery zone grizzly deaths were alarming or even a trend.

More than 4 million people visit the 3,400-square-mile park each year.

Grizzlies are protected as a threatened species across the Lower 48 states.

Two bears were hit by a train and three were hit on a nearby highway.

All said they supported removing grizzlies from protected status under the Endangered Species Act.

Wildlife officials say three bears have also died in automobile collisions, two of them in Montana.

Grand Teton National Park requires elk hunters to carry bear spray when they're in the park each fall.

Hunters defensively killed a record 15 grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in 2017.

One of the animals that had been previously tagged by biologists also exhibited behavior formed after being fed by humans.

Bear expert Dusty Lasseter says the paw prints were made by a young grizzly bear likely weighing 150-250 pounds.