grizzly

Officials say the man encountered a female grizzly bear with yearling offspring.

Boyce worked more than 100 days to capture the grizzly over the past three years.

The animals lost their federal protections but had them restored in 2018.

Once Smith was out of the area, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department began investigating the scene.

The bears are classified as a threatened species.

He cut off the claws and pushed the carcass over the side of a mountain.

The zoo was the subject of protests for housing a polar bear that died in 2016.

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