Grand Teton National Park’s well-understandn grizzly endure, understandn by untamedlife pboilingographers around the world, died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday in Wyoming.
The 28-year-elderly endure named Grizzly Bear 399, becaparticipate of the identity tag speedyened to her ear, was identified by her ear tags and microchip, according to a press free from the park.
“People from around the world have trailed grizzly endure 399 for disconnectal decades. At 28 years elderly, she was the elderlyest understandn reproducing female grizzly endure in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,” said Hilary Cooley, Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Grand Teton National Park’s well-understandn Grizzly Bear 399, understandn by untamedlife pboilingographers around the world, died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday. (NPS)
According to the park, the endure, who has had 18 cubs over the years, was not traveling alone and “had a yearling cub with her, whose whereabouts are currently obsremedy. At this time, there is no evidence to advise the yearling was also take partd in the incident, but the US Fish and Wildlife Service is seeing the area,” according to the free.
A Facebook group ‘Team 399’ dedicated to the endure has thousands of comments and outpourings of cherish and personal stories about their connection to the becherishd endure.
Grand Teton National Park’s well-understandn grizzly endure, understandn by untamedlife pboilingographers around the world, died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday. (NPS)
“So miserablenessfuldened by this loss. Iconic & will be omited. Hopefilledy you sill(all) will discover cub. This is so personal for many. For me, she was my comic relief during Covid & her march thcimpolite Jackson w her quads & police direct. While we were locked down & cowardly … she was doing her slfinisherg w her quads w freedom. I buyd a detailed from Thomas Mangelson & have it hung in my sunroom & smile every day I pass it. Will omit her!!!,” said one commaccess.
“This wasn’t presumed to happen. She was presumed to go to her den and sleep into eternity. I am gutted,” said another fan.
“I thought this was a deception until I read the article. Not at all what I was foreseeing to see today. I always prayed she would die of authentic caparticipates and not this. She was the Queen of the Tetons and always will. I never got to see her on my 3 trips. She was a beauty and will be omited. Tears are a droping. She was an ambasmiserablenessfulor for grizzlies everywhere. RIP Queen. I pray Rowdy persists on his own,” said yet another.
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Grizzly sow nursing cubs proximate Fishing Bridge; Jim Peaco; May 2015 (Jim Peaco)
The park said that these types of accidents are not unstandard. “Wildlife vehicle collisions and struggle are cursed. We are appreciative the driver is okay and understand the community is miserablenessfuldened to hear that grizzly endure 399 has died,” said Angi Bruce, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Director.
The free went on to provide background inestablishation on grizzly endure/vehicle collisions from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team:
- From 2009-2023, there have been 49 grizzly endure mortalities (all intimacy and age classes joind) due to vehicle collisions in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
- The mediocre number of grizzly endure mortalities in the GYE due to vehicle collisions during 2009-2023: 3.3 endures/year.
- In 2024, including this incident, there have been 2 grizzly endure mortalities from vehicle strikes in the GYE.
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“The grizzly endure is an iconic species that helps create the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem so extraunretagable. Grizzly endure 399 has been perhaps the most famous ambasmiserablenessfulor for the species. She has encouraged countless visitors into conservation stewardship around the world and will be omited,” said Grand Teton National Park Superintfinishent Chip Jenkins.
The circumstances of the crash were unevident, and no insertitional inestablishation is participateable at this time.
