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What's Behind The Grizzly Bear Attacks In Yellowstone?
ResumeNow many are wondering what's going on, because from 1986 to 2010, there were no deadly encounters with grizzlies.
Jeff Hull set out to answer those questions in the June issue of Outside Magazine. What he found was a fairly simple answer: There are more people visiting Yellowstone, and because of a successful recovery program, there are also more bears.
The number of grizzlies in the Yellowstone region has jumped from 136 in 1975 to 602 in 2010. So human-bear encounters are no longer rare occurrences and people are not heeding warnings about what to do if they meet up with a grizzly in the wild.
- Outside Magazine: How To Handle A Grizzly Encounter
- Christian Science Monitor: Yellowstone Grizzly Attack — Why Did It Happen?
- Outside Magazine: Shoot Or Spray?
Guest:
- Jeff Hull, contributor to Outside Magazine
This segment aired on June 19, 2012.