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Female Grizzly Trapped With 2 Cubs; She’s Believed To Be Bear That Attacked 3; Killed 1

By Mick Birge posted Jul 29, 2010 at 1:08PM

COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials have captured a female grizzly and two of her three cubs in a campground near Yellowstone National Park where a man was killed and two others injured in a bear attack.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden Capt. Sam Sheppard says the sow was captured in a culvert trap Wednesday evening and two of her three cubs were captured overnight.

Sheppard said Thursday that officials are confident they captured the offending bear because she was caught at the same site.

Sheppard described the attacks as highly unusual and predatory, as opposed to an attack in which a sow might be protecting her cubs from a perceived threat.

Officials have said the sow will be killed. State and federal wildlife officials will determine the fate of the cubs. Sheppard says they are unlikely to be returned to the wild.

Now one of the two injured was Deb Freele of Ontario, Michigan who says she was bitten on her arm and leg before she instinctively played dead so the animal would leave her alone.

Freele said on Thursday’s network morning talk shows that she wants to thank the people in the next campground who helped rescue her after the bear left the area.

Freele is a frequent camper who says she’s ready to go camping again despite the trauma.

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