Bear biologists concerned about famous grizzly's diet
November 29, 2020
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Bear biologist Mike Boyce was staked out on a road in south of Wilson for much of the day on Nov. 17 keeping tabs on five grizzly bears that were napping, playing and feeding on a deer carcass.
"They devoured it in just a matter of a couple hours," Boyce said from the scene.
For three weeks and running this has been what the Wyoming Game and Fish Department employee's workdays look like: keeping tabs on grizzly 399 and her four cubs, spreading the word of their whereabouts and trying to keep both people and the bears out of harm's way.
"I've been on this full time," Boyce...
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