Rare white grizzly bear and her 2 cubs killed hours apart by cars in Canadian park
A rare white grizzly was killed after being struck by a vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway, about 12 hours after her two bear cubs died after being hit by a car on the same roadway, Parks Canada officials said on Tuesday.
Park officials received a report that the two cubs were struck and killed early Thursday morning. On the evening of the same day, the cubs’ mother — known as Grizzly Bear 178 — was grazing in a ditch in Yoho National Park. Officials who were fixing wildlife fencing nearby said they spotted her.
A train passed by the ditch, and as the metal wheels screeched, workers “saw her actually startle,” wildlife management specialist Saundi Stevens said during a news conference. The bear ran out of the ditch, up onto the road and “right in front of two vehicles on the highway,” Stevens said.
Cara Tabachnick
Source: cbsnews.com