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47 grizzlies died this year in northwest Montana, some had a mysterious brain disease
Montana Public Radio | By Aaron Bolton
Published December 12, 2022 at 3:54 PM MST
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Bears were killed for repeatedly preying on livestock or became a safety hazard due to food-conditioning, and accounted for 30 of those mortalities.
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks biologist Cecily Costello says there were also a few bears that were euthanized because they appeared to have some sort of disease impacting brain function.
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Costello says FWP was able to perform a necropsy on one of those bears and confirmed it had encephalitis, which is the swelling of the brain. However, the cause was unknown.
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https://www.ypradio.org/wildlife-out...-brain-disease
Montana Public Radio | By Aaron Bolton
Published December 12, 2022 at 3:54 PM MST
...
Bears were killed for repeatedly preying on livestock or became a safety hazard due to food-conditioning, and accounted for 30 of those mortalities.
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks biologist Cecily Costello says there were also a few bears that were euthanized because they appeared to have some sort of disease impacting brain function.
...
Costello says FWP was able to perform a necropsy on one of those bears and confirmed it had encephalitis, which is the swelling of the brain. However, the cause was unknown.
...
https://www.ypradio.org/wildlife-out...-brain-disease