黄石公园34年首次关闭 很多华人被害惨了
世界新闻网
6/14/2022
黄石公园（Yellowstone National Park）34年来首次全面关闭，华人被害惨了！被华人称为最期待和规划最久的美国国家公园的黄石公园，因为强降雨和洪水冲走道路并引发山体滑坡，导致14日公园五个门全部关闭。不少已在路上或者在黄石附近的华人游客因此傻眼，行程被打乱不知道何去何从。
公园负责人Cam Sholly在13日宣布，由于「极其危险」的情况，至少在15日之前，公园的五个入口都禁止进入。在官方评估损失之前，公园重新开放的时间无法确定，公园北部的环路很可能会关闭很长一段时间。预计洪水水位将上升，因此公园南部的游客也被疏散。
不少趁着暑期全家来黄石游玩的华人游客因此受影响。一家刚刚被迫离开公园的华人表示，进去三天下了三天雨，看着14日天睛刚玩了一个地方，就收到园区发的通知，全园关闭，问了工作人员南门大概17日开放。他们听说有人住在「Roosevelt Lodge」旅馆13日夜里两点被迫紧急疏散。
最惨的是那些准备进园的人，华人马先生说，他们刚下飞机拿了车，才知道黄石公园关了，现在正发愁如何改行程？还有哪里能打发这么多天。他们一家人憋了两年，黄石路线规划都是提前半年就开始了，毕竟黄石是美国计划最久，期待最久的一个公园，结果竟然进不去。
还有华人江先生一家本来12日到了黄石西门外住宿，订了13和14日的园内酒店，结果园区关闭了，酒店也都退款了。兴致勃勃的来，却遇到一盆冷水浇下来，只能望园兴叹。
有华人网友表示，他们非常幸运，13日刚离开公园，当时雨非常大。出来后大提顿国家公园都是冒雨看的，当晚住在Jackson Hole也一直下雨。也有网友也是13日从黄石出来，他们走的西门，在园内时候信号不好，没想到这么严重。
很多预订了机票酒店的华人游客进退两难，华人Tim李表示，他安排了这么久的旅程，本来计划最近去北门住。目前看来北边小镇感觉肯定是去不了，定了Vrbo也不能退。也许公园过一个月还是可以进，但是玩的体验肯定大打折扣，还在犹豫到底要不要去。
华人陈太太表示，他们一家是去年圣诞节就预订6月底的黄石行程，希望下周能开放一部分，最起码大棱镜那一片能开，不然真的令人遗憾，不知道怎么和孩子说。
有多名华人网友表示取消最近行程，华人Tina表示，看新闻说黄石河的水位有记录以来最高，沿河的路很多地段冲塌，完全不能通行车辆。但是北边的路和北门外的大桥，都是黄石公园物资进出的主要信道，所以公园里面物资很快短缺，只能疏散旅客，只许出不许入。虽然距离她出发还有一个月的时间，但是为了保险起见，她还是取消了机票酒店和车子。
暴雨洪灾重创黄石国家公园 34年来首度全面关闭
中央社 | 怀俄明州 科笛
6/14/2022
黄石国家公园在这个夏季的旅游旺季开始时，因为前所未见的暴雨带来创纪录的洪灾和岩崩，导致国家公园13日罕见地关闭园区全部五个入口。
路透报导，横跨怀俄明州、蒙大拿州和爱达荷州的黄石国家公园（Yellowstone National Park），将持续对游客关闭至少到15日，包括住宿和露营预订，好让人员能检查道路、桥梁和其他设施的受损情形。
Jun 14, 2022
A building collapses into the rapidly moving flood waters of the Yellowstone River in Gardiner, Montana, on Monday.
黄石国家公园宣布闭园的时刻，正值园方准备庆祝成立150周年之际；与此同时，极度仰赖观光业的地方社区，希望在历经过去2年夏天的COVID-19（2019冠状病毒疾病）防疫旅游限制后，游客数量能反弹回升。
这也是自1988年大火后，黄石公园34年来首度关闭全部5个入口处。
国家公园管理局（National Park Service）表示，他们正致力疏散仍留在各处地点的游客和员工，特别是黄石公园受创最严重的北侧。
黄石公园园长萧利（Cam Sholly）说：「北环线可能会关闭很长一段时间。」
根据全国公共电台（NPR），公园管理局官员在脸书上写道，最近「史无前例的降雨」导致洪灾发生。
国家公园管理局表示，黄石公园内普遍可见停电，初步评估发现园区内的许多道路不是被冲走、就是覆盖岩石和泥土，还有一些桥梁也受损；黄石公园南区也有多条道路即将被淹没，气象预报说还会有更多降雨。
过去三天来突然飙高的夏季气温，也加速了冬季末暴风雪累积在公园较高海拔的积雪融化与迳流。
在阵亡将士纪念日（Memorial Day）周末假期打开了夏季旅游旺季后仅两周，豪雨和融雪快速迳流为黄石国家公园带来险恶的情况。黄石公园每年吸引约400万观光客到访，以夏季游客占大宗。
女游客违规接近野牛被顶飞10呎 黄石公园今年首宗
世界新闻网
6/02/2022
俄亥俄州一名25岁女子上月30日在黄石公园(ellowstone National Park)违反园区规定，近距离接触野牛遭到攻击；该女子被野牛冲撞后飞上10呎的高空，重伤送医，也成为今年首起个案。另有媒体报导该女子已伤重不治，但未获得官方证实。
国家公园管理局(National Park Service)并未在声明中公布来自俄亥俄州女子的身分，但称该女子在行经黑砂盆地(Black Sand Basin)时主动接近一只母野牛，太靠近，距离只有10呎；当局表示：「结果野牛顶上该名女子，还把她抛到了10呎的高空中。」
当局呼吁，游客应与野牛保持25码以上的距离。
该名女子除了被野牛刺伤，身上还有其他伤势，随后被送往黄石公园的东爱达荷区域医疗中心(Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center)。
根据国家广播公司(NBC News)的报导，该女子已于31日不治；但直到1日上午，公园管理局都没有证实女子死亡的消息，其声明仅表示：「整起事件仍在调查当中，目前没有进一步消息可以公布。黄石公园有许多危险的野生动物，不宜靠近。」
公园局发言人也未针对媒体的报导作出回复，但东爱达荷区域医疗中心发言人尼曼(Coleen Niemann)向华盛顿邮报(WP)表示：「院方目前没有任何患者如国家广播公司所报导的，死于野牛攻击。」
野牛堪称北美地区体型最大的哺乳类动物，过去在黄石公园有许多人都遭受野牛攻击受伤，其受害者超越园区的其他动物；当局强调，野牛的行为难以预测，而且非常强壮，体重不仅可高达一吨，四肢站立的高度还可达六呎。
而非营利组织「国家野生生物联合会」(National Wildlife Federation)则表示，野牛跑步的时速每小时可达35哩，是人类的三倍快；垂直跳跃的高度也可超过六呎，还能快速转动身体攻击侵略者。
佛州鳄鱼咬死人 男子下湖捡飞盘 不幸丧命
世界新闻网
6/02/2022
佛罗里达州皮尼拉斯郡 (Pinellas)拉戈市(Largo)泰勒公园(John S. Taylor Park)一处面积53亩的湖泊，上月30日发生鳄鱼攻击人的事件；一名47岁的男子在泰勒公园贩售飞盘高尔夫(disc golf)的摊贩，为捡回不慎落入湖里的飞盘而下湖，结果不幸死于鳄吻。
皮尼拉斯郡公园处主任柯兹(Paul Cozzie)表示，现在正是鳄鱼的交配季节，鳄鱼活动频繁，脾气也变得更暴躁易怒，特别是在黄昏或黎明之时，再加上事发湖泊并非独立水体，而与外面的河流相连通，可以说是「鳄鱼的高速公路」，非常危险，湖泊周围也有架设警示标语警告民众不要下水，即便是公园处的动保专员也禁止涉水。
警方1日公布死者是麦吉尼斯(Sean Thomas McGuinness)，柯兹说：「他似乎在公园开放前就偷偷潜入，并在错误的时机进入湖泊，最终导致丧命；我们呼吁飞盘高尔夫玩家，如果飞盘不小心掉进水里，真的就算了。」
他也说；在发现男子遗体后已派人到现场驱离鳄鱼；同时呼吁大众，佛州几乎所有自然淡水河或湖泊中都有鳄鱼，总数量估计130万条，出门玩水务必小心，也不要喂鳄鱼吃东西。
这已不是佛罗里达州首次出现鳄鱼攻击人的意外；据公园处统计，过去十年间平均每年会发生八起鳄鱼攻击人的意外，共造成四人死亡；柯兹指出，数年前在泰勒公园同一湖泊中，就有人一样为了捡飞盘而涉水，结果被鳄鱼咬伤脸颊，所幸最后生还；2018年还在一条死亡鳄鱼体内发现女性骸骨，2016年迪士尼乐园更发生鳄鱼跳出水面吃了一名2岁男童的意外。
美著名灰熊“看错指令”失控杀死驯兽师 恐怖现场曝光
文章来源: 东森新闻
4/24/2022
Dec 18, 2014
Stephan K. Miller was an American animal trainer, On April 22, 2008, during a routine training exercise, Miller was mauled and killed by a 5-year old grizzly bear named Rocky. The 7½ foot tall, 700 lb bear bit Miller on the neck once. An autopsy revealed that he died within minutes of the attack.
Until Miller’s death, Rocky was best known for appearing as Dewey the Killer Bear in a scene from the 2008 film Semi-Pro in which he wrestled Will Ferrell’s body double Randy Miller. Following Stephan Miller’s death, the California Department of Fish and Game initiated a probe into the events of the attack with the intent to eventually decide whether Rocky would be euthanized. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other animal rights groups, who have long protested use of wild animals in films, called for Rocky to be spared and to be allowed to retire to a zoo or another similar facility.
It was later revealed on the National Geographic Channel program Grizzly Face to Face that the coroner’s office and the California Department of Fish and Game ruled Miller’s death accidental and did not order the bear to be euthanized. However, Rocky resumed his life under restricted regulations.
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美国一只训练有素的灰熊洛奇（Rocky）过去曾在好莱坞喜剧片《灌篮大帝》中亮相，没想到这只体重320公斤的“熊演员”才登上大萤幕7周，就在某次拍片时疑似因误解指令而袭击人类，咬破驯兽师米勒（Stephan Miller）的颈部血管，造成亡命悲剧。今年4月22日是米勒逝世14周年，这段影片又重新引发讨论。
根据《镜报》报导，美国西维吉尼亚州的驯兽师米勒2008年4月22日为了帮堂兄兰迪（Randy Miller）开设的动物训练中心拍摄宣传片，被安排和重达320公斤、身长2.3米的5岁公灰熊洛奇表演“人熊摔跤”的桥段，原先打算先让洛奇用后脚站起来，和米勒一起拍几张照。没想到，洛奇似乎是误解了兰迪的指令，站起来后直接用熊掌攻击米勒，同时还张开大口直接咬住米勒的脖子。
米勒直接被暴走的“熊演员”洛奇扑倒在地，而且洛奇还没打算放过他，继续咬着米勒的颈部，痛得他当场发出凄厉惨叫，兰迪情急之下拿着木棍不断杖打熊背，试图让洛奇松开嘴，另一人则用胡椒喷雾朝着洛奇喷洒，经过10秒后米勒趁隙爬出，逃离恐怖熊爪。然而，当米勒跑出镜头外的几分钟后，就因颈动脉与颈静脉破裂而亡，这段影片竟成米勒的最后身影。
兰迪表示，事情发生得太快，“我们做了我们该做的来阻止熊，花了几秒钟才把它弄开，但已经太迟了。”兰迪对这次事件相当痛心，不仅是因为他自己训练多年的灰熊失控，更是因为他失去了至亲兄弟。有社会人士呼吁将洛奇安乐死，也有动物权利保护人士表示，应该将洛奇安置于动物园。目前洛奇被要求不能与驯兽师以外的人类接触，以防对一般大众构成威胁。
屋内睡觉时总听到有呼噜声 检查后吓懵
来源：大洛杉矶LA
4/24/2022
住在南太浩湖的一户居民，最近在家里总是听到打呼噜的声音，但是他们又不知道是什么，他们还以为邻居打呼噜声音太响，找邻居投诉被邻居赶了出来。
最后，他们在房子下面竟发现了在冬眠的母熊和4个熊宝宝，随后一个名叫“熊联盟”的非营利组织工作人员赶到现场，调查发现，这头母熊还上演了熊界难得一见的温馨一幕。
根据“熊联盟”在Facebook上的介绍，事发在南太浩湖山上的一栋房子里，这些房子依山而建，因此地基底部都会留出很大的空间，这只熊妈妈就是带着小熊来到这里冬眠的。
令人惊奇的是，经过检查，有3只小熊是熊妈妈亲生的，另一只小熊是她“收养”的，原来那只小熊的妈妈被车撞死了，于是它“收养”了这只小熊。
当然，熊冬眠的时候也会发出打呼噜的声音，这就是为什么那户人家总听到打呼噜的声音，但却不知道声音来自何处，因为他们也无法下去地基查看。
最终，“熊联盟”的工作人员将母熊从地基下面引诱出来，并让屋主将地基下面的空间加装屏障。
“熊联盟”主席安·布莱恩特说，每年冬天，他们都会接到大约100只150个关于熊在家里冬眠的报告，他们的工作人员一直忙于将熊从家中赶出来。
布莱恩特说：人们需要对自己房屋的开放空间更多的关注，并且安装屏障，避免熊从开放的空间进入屋内，尤其是秋天，当熊正在寻找冬眠地点的时候。
熊妈带2宝忙捕鱼 「熊孩子趴背偷懒」 手足超悲剧
联合新闻网
02/20/2022
这「熊孩子」脑筋也动太快了！最近在网络上有一段影片引起网友们的热烈讨论，影片是去年7月在美国阿拉斯加的卡特迈国家公园和自然保护区（Katmai National Park and Preserve）所拍下，是两只小熊用截然不同的方式渡过阿拉斯加河的画面。
只见棕熊妈妈正带着两只小熊在河里捕鱼，而其中一只小熊趁妈妈在忙，趁机爬到妈妈的背上，画面中可以看到牠就坐在妈妈的背上渡河，看起来超级轻松，还不时回头看了一下在后方努力划水的兄弟姊妹，幸好两只小熊都顺利上岸，蹦蹦跳跳跟着妈妈离开。而这有趣又发人深省的一幕，让不少网友纷纷留言：「妈妈真的很辛苦呢」、「看完心情好复杂」、「总是有人喜欢偷懒」。
Feb 12, 2022
Occurred on July 19, 2021 / Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA
“A spring brown bear cub or COY, (Cub of the year). Meaning the cub was born that spring. Riding on its mother while crossing an Alaskan river, located within Katmai National Park and Preserve. They tend to do this when very young and small. Not all cubs and mothers behave this way. Mothers tend to allow this behavior for only a short time. As the cubs grow it slows her down from getting food and teaching them all the necessities in order to survive.”
而影片说明中也表示，这两只小熊大概是在去年春天出生的，年纪还非常小，而并不是所有熊妈妈都会忍受小孩有这样的行为，这种「靠妈妈」的情况只是暂时的，而且等牠们更大一点，就必须得学习成长独立，不管是渡河或是捕食，都得要自己来才行。
印尼巨鳄被轮胎套颈6年险勒毙 勇者出手终脱困
世界新闻网
02/09/2022
印尼苏拉威西岛帕卢市的一只野生巨鳄，被机车轮胎卡住脖子长达6年之久，保育人员一直试图捉捕并救援牠，但都以失败收场，直到近日在一名勇者的帮助下，终在7日成功捕捉，并将卡在他脖子上的轮胎锯断。
Feb 21, 2020
Indonesian authorities are offering a reward to anyone who can rescue a saltwater crocodile with a motorbike tire stuck around its neck.
The contest will see one brave crocodile hunter land an unspecified amount of cash but it will mean coming face to face with the 13-foot reptile.
Local conservation authorities have been trying — and failing — for several years to find a way to untangle the crocodile.
That sparked worries the tire was slowly killing the beast.
After a recent sighting, the province’s governor instructed his resource-strapped conservation agency to figure out how to end years of fruitless attempts.
The agency offered few details on the reward or how outsiders might pull off the task.
But its chief — who said the cash would come out of his own pocket — warned that he was not calling on amateurs to hunt down the reptile but rather addressing people with a background in wildlife rescue and a thirst for conservation.
Hasmuni Hasmar, the head of the Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency said: “We’re asking the general public not to get close to the crocodile or disturb its habitat,”
英国卫报报导，这只咸水鳄长约5.2公尺，2016年被帕卢市居民发现牠脖子上挂了一个机车轮胎后，保育人员一直试图捕捉牠并帮牠去除「轮胎项圈」，当地政府甚至一度祭出重赏，寻求勇者出面。
34岁的卖鸟人蒂利（Tili）在追踪这只鳄鱼3周后，7日下午成功用活鸡陷阱抓捕，在村民协助下把牠拖上岸，并用刀具割断轮胎。
Feb 8, 2022
蒂利表示，「我只是想帮忙。我讨厌看到动物受困和受苦。我已经筋疲力尽。鳄鱼重得令人难以置信，每个人都在流汗，非常累。」待救援结束后，这只鳄鱼也被立刻放回水中。
他说，前两次营救任务都以失败作收，因为绳索的强度不足以承受鳄鱼的重量，之后才改以用于拖船的尼龙绳索。
13-foot crocodile in Indonesia freed from tire after 6 years
The crocodile had a motorcycle tire stuck around its neck
By Ann W. Schmidt | Fox News
02/09/2022
A crocodile in Indonesia that has had a motorcycle tire stuck around its neck for years has finally been freed.
The 13.12-foot (4-meter) crocodile was found around the island of Sulawesi, and had the tire around its neck for about six years, according to Reuters.
Despite local residents’ concern for the crocodile’s well-being, capturing the creature was a challenge.
Even a local resident named Tili, who ended up removing the tire from the crocodile’s neck, had two failed attempts before he was able to capture the reptile, Reuters reported.
The 35-year-old Sulawesi resident told the outlet that he used a basic trap made with a rope tied to a log. His bait was live chickens and ducks.
“I caught the crocodile by myself,” Tili told Reuters. “I was asking for help from people here but they were scared.”
Tili said that many people were “skeptical” about his desire and ability to capture the crocodile, according to Reuters.
The outlet reported that Tili tracked the crocodile for three weeks before he finally caught it and sawed the tire off its neck.
The crocodile was returned to the wild on Monday, according to Reuters.
Local authorities offered a reward in 2020 for anyone who could remove the tire from the crocodile’s neck – though Tili told Reuters that wasn’t what motivated his pursuit of the croc.
“I just can’t stand to see animals hurt. Even snakes, I will help,” Tili told Reuters.
看白头鹰捕鱼归来
By Wild Cat
01/30/2022
今天真的太过瘾了，看到无数老鹰在河面捕鱼。几次寒潮之后，北方的河面结冰，终于让这些eagle南下来我这里了，这次当然再次试了试1.4X
先来一组用了1.4X的
虽然有点软，但是感觉这画质真的可以打啊，这组1/1600，F9，ISO1000~1600，等效焦1250mm，对焦慢一点，但是基本够用
再来一组拿掉增倍镜的，这组是一只幼鹰向adult叫板，居然要鹰口夺食，一番争斗之后，成年鹰带着鱼成功摆脱
果然拿掉增倍镜，画面锐了不少。
最后再来一组，也是没有增倍镜的
只乱入的海鸥
我打算留着这个增倍镜了，需要的时候装上去还是有点用。
无人机拍下不可思议一幕：巨鲸推冲浪者划水板…
文章来源: 综合新闻
01/01/2022
一架无人机拍下了一只鲸鱼用鳍推着一名冲浪者坐的划水板的瞬间，不可思议。
一无人机扑捉到一只鲸鱼用鳍推着一名冲浪者坐的划水板的瞬间。
8月31日，马克西米利亚诺·乔纳斯（Maximiliano Jonas）在阿根廷马德林港海岸（coast of Puerto Madryn）拍摄了这一惊人的画面。
马克西米利亚诺用无人机拍摄到了一只南方露脊鲸和冲浪者之间的偶遇，冲浪者是他的朋友阿纳利娅·乔盖蒂（Analia Giorgetti），当时她正坐在划水板上与鲸鱼进行互动。
令人难以置信的是，鲸鱼用它的一个鳍轻轻地把划水板向前推，这段视频在网上疯传。
“这让我全身激动，太漂亮了，”一位社交媒体用户对该视频发表评论。
“这简直就是魔术！”另一个人说。
Sep 3, 2021
A drone captured the incredible moment a whale pushed a paddleboard with its fin.
Maximiliano Jonas filmed the amazing footage off the coast of Puerto Madryn, Argentina, on August 31.
Maximiliano used a drone to capture the moment a Southern right whale approached a paddler board on which his friend Analia Giorgetti was sitting.
Incredibly, the whale gently pushed the paddleboard forward with one of its fins, in a video that has gone viral online.
这段令人惊叹的视频也被分享到了海洋保护研究机构（Ocean Conservation Research）的脸书（Facebook）页面上，迄今为止获得了近20,000个反馈和令人难以置信的130万次浏览。
“马德林港是通往巴尔德斯半岛（Península Valdés）的门户，这里是一个对保护海洋哺乳动物具有全球意义的联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）的地点。”该组织分享说。
“在6月至12月期间，整个南半球大约有三分之一的露脊鲸会将受到保护的巴尔德斯半岛海湾作为繁殖和产卵地。”
「来见见我的好友！」熊妈妈带2宝来跟人类朋友拜码头
联合新闻网
12/31/2021
北卡罗莱纳州一只母熊自2017年起，就常到当地一名男子康利（Patrick Conley）后院拜访。康利将母熊命名为西蒙（Simone），称西蒙是只喜欢与人交互、友善的熊。日前西蒙的到访跟以往很不同，因为牠那次带了2个熊宝宝来跟康利「拜码头」。
May 2, 2021
First visit this year by your favorite girl, Simone! AND YES, SHE BROUGHT HER FIRST EVER LITTER OF CUBS!!!!
The collar is gone – nice! – and she looks well-fed. The cubs are the cutest things to ever have walked these woods, but then I’m kind of biased.
Being that it’s her first litter I tried my best not to spook her or the little ones. She seemed pretty comfortable with the proximity so I’m guessing we’ll be seeing her again soon.
For those of you with questions regarding Asheville’s rather unique bear situation the following article from November 2019 in The Wall Street Journal will provide many answers.
康利看到西蒙带着宝宝来到他的前阳台，在那里等康利，在前阳台稍事停留后就转身走回树林。
康利表示，这是西蒙的第一胎，他尽量不要吓到她或小熊。而西蒙看起来很怡然自得，康利认为「应该很快就会再见到牠们」。
网友对母子熊可爱身复印象深刻，纷纷表示：「熊妈妈看起来很骄傲，你可以看到牠不断确认孩子状况无恙。宝宝真漂亮！」、「熊很聪明表现很好，还带着宝宝来找你，表示很信任你」、「牠好像在跟宝宝说：『你们看，这是一个人。当你走过他时，他会发出搞笑的声音，但他和我们一样害怕。如果我们遵守人与熊的约定，他可能会给我们一些好康。」
游阿拉斯加遇到大棕熊 做对「这些事」全身而退
联合新闻网
8/09/2021
一群游客在阿拉斯加遇到一只大棕熊，他们当下保持冷静，没有尖叫或做出大动作，棕熊最后绕了一圈静静地离开。
44岁佛罗里达州房地产经纪人西西莉雅诺（Cara Siciliano）当时和另2对夫妇、1名水上飞机机长一起参观卡特迈国家公园和自然保护区（Katmai Park）。拍下影片的西西莉雅诺表示：「同行的机长说他在这条小路上走了1000次，但从没有见过这样的事情！」
西西莉雅诺提到：「我很惊讶我似乎没想像中害怕，我第一反应是仰望天空，确保上帝与我同在并祈祷，接着用手机拍下这段影片。」
这段30秒的影片拍到一只最大可重达700多公斤、275公分高的阿拉斯加棕熊，以及站在碎石路旁如雕像般不动声色的游客们。游客们都没有表现惊慌失措的神情，只有机长以平缓的声音对熊说：「嘿大男孩」、「嘿熊」，最后棕熊离开现场。
西西莉雅诺很惊讶机长跟熊的话语让他们全身而退，尤其是这只棕熊与他们相遇前，才刚跟另一只熊打完架因此发出沉重的喘息声。熊专家赞扬这群游客遵循了国家公园管理局的建议，没有尖叫或奔跑，缓慢移动，并用单调的声音说话，让牠知道人们在那里不会带来伤害。
Bear Pulls California Woman Out of Her Tent, Kills Her in Montana
Lokan was killed on the bear’s second visit to the site where she and two fellow bicyclists were camping near the post office, officials said.
By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown
7/08/2021
A grizzly bear pulled a woman from her tent in a small Montana town in the middle of the night and killed her before fellow campers could use bear spray to force the bruin out of the area, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was on a long-distance bicycling trip and had stopped in the western Montana town of Ovando when she was killed early Tuesday, said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials as they provided more details about the attack.
Lokan was killed on the bear’s second visit to the site where she and two fellow bicyclists were camping near the post office, officials said.
The approximately 400-pound grizzly first awakened the campers about 3 a.m., officials said. They took food out of their tents, secured it and went back to sleep, they said.
Surveillance video from a business in town showed the bear about a block from the post office about 15 minutes later, wildlife officials said.
About 4:15 a.m., the sheriff’s office received a 911 call after two people in a tent near the victim’s were awakened by sounds of the attack, Powell County Sheriff Gavin Roselles said. They discharged their bear spray, and the bear ran away.
The bear is also believed to have entered a chicken coop in town that night, killing and eating several chickens.
Officials searched by helicopter for the grizzly again Wednesday but couldn’t find it.
“At this point, our best chance for catching this bear will be culvert traps set in the area near the chicken coop where the bear killed and ate several chickens,” said Randy Arnold, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks regional supervisor in Missoula.
The bear will be killed if it is found, said Greg Lemon, a spokesperson for Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Investigators have obtained DNA from the bear at the scene of the attack and will be able to compare it with any bruin they are able to trap, the agency said.
Lokan, a registered nurse who had worked at a hospital in Chico, had looked forward to the Montana bike trip for months, said Mary Flowers, a friend of the victim’s from Chico. Lokan had taken previous long-distance bike trips and on this one was accompanied by her sister and a friend, Flowers said.
“She loved these kind of adventures. A woman in her 60s, and she’s dong this kind of stuff — she had a passion for life that was out of the ordinary,” Flowers said.
Grizzly bears have run into increasing conflict with humans in the Northern Rockies over the past decade as the federally protected animals expanded into new areas and the number of people living and recreating in the region grew. That has spurred calls from elected officials in Montana and neighboring Wyoming and Idaho to lift protections so the animals could be hunted.
Ovando, about 60 miles northwest of Helena, is a community of fewer than 100 people at the edge of the sprawling Bob Marshall wilderness.
North of Ovando lies an expanse of forests and mountains, including Glacier National Park that stretches to Canada and is home to an estimated 1,000 grizzlies. It’s the largest concentration of the bruins in the contiguous U.S.
Fatal attacks are rare in the region. There have been three in the last 20 years, including Tuesday’s mauling, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In 2001, a hunter was killed by a grizzly with two cubs while he was gutting an elk at a wildlife management area west of Ovando. The three animals were shot and killed by wildlife officials days later.
Over the past 20 years, there have been eight fatal maulings of people by grizzlies from a separate population of about 700 bears in and around Yellowstone National Park. In April, a backcountry guide was killed by a grizzly bear while fishing along the park’s border in southwestern Montana.
Bears that attack people are not always killed if the mauling resulted from a surprise encounter or the bear was defending its young. But the bear involved in Lokan’s death is considered a public safety threat because of the circumstances of the attack, Lemon said.