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Grand Teton grizzly bear that delighted visitors for decades is killed in a Wyoming vehicle strike

Oct 23, 2024 | 12:14 PM

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A grizzly bear that delighted visitors for decades in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park has been killed in a vehicle strike, authorities said Wednesday.

Officials said the female grizzly known as No. 399 and beloved by nature photographers, wildlife enthusiasts and other visitors to the park in the Rockies of western Wyoming is confirmed dead after being struck.

The Associated Press