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Final Cub Trapped After Campground Mauling

By The Associated Press

Story Created: Jul 29, 2010 at 8:52 AM MST

Story Updated: Jul 30, 2010 at 8:48 AM MST

COOKE CITY, Mont. - Four grizzly bears believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park are being trucked to a state wildlife lab in Bozeman.

A sow and two of her three cubs had been trapped by Thursday while the final year-old cub was found in a culvert trap early Friday.

Montana wildlife officials are awaiting DNA tests to confirm their suspicions that the bears were responsible for the attack.

The bears left the Soda Butte campground in a three-truck convoy
Friday morning.

Officials say they will decide the bears' fate only after seeing the results of DNA tests that are expected Friday.

Two other people were injured in the attack. One has been released from a hospital. The other is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday.

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AB said on Thursday, Jul 29 at 11:56 AM

Maybe you didn't read the explanation carefully (PAW). The sow wasn't protecting her cubs from anything,she simply was hunting a human. I do feel for the bears however.

PAW said on Thursday, Jul 29 at 9:48 AM

This is so sad... while I grieve for the lives lost... these animals are doing what they are supposed to be doing... taking care of their young. It is we humans who are infringing on their territory and their livelihood. What mother wouldn't kill to protect their children?? "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -Ghandi

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