Grizzly shot, killed after fatal attack of California woman
AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
July 9, 2021
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1of6A bear trap set by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks sets Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in the camping area in Ovando, Mont., where bicycle tourist Leah Davis Lokan of Chico, California, was pulled out of her tent and killed by a grizzly bear early Tuesday. (Tom Bauer/Missoulian via AP)Tom Bauer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6A helicopter from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks flies around the Ovando, Mont., area on Tuesday, July 6, 2201, in search of a bear that killed a camper early that morning. The search for the bear continued Wednesday. (Tom Bauer/The Missoulian via AP)Tom Bauer/APShow MoreShow Less
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Grizzly bear is fatally shot after killing California woman
A grizzly bear that pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her this week has been fatally shot in Montana
By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press
July 10, 2021, 3:19 AM
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HELENA Mont. A grizzly bear that pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her this week was fatally shot early Friday by wildlife officials using night-vision goggles to stake out a chicken coop that the animal raided near the small Montana town where the woman was attacked.
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Grizzly bear is fatally shot after killing California woman
A bear trap set by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks sits Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in the camping area in Ovando, Mont., where bicycle tourist Leah Davis Lokan of Chico, Calif., was pulled out of her tent and killed by a grizzly bear early Tuesday. (Tom Bauer/Missoulian via AP)
Published Friday, July 9, 2021 3:18PM EDT HELENA Mont. (AP) - A grizzly bear that pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her earlier this week was fatally shot early Friday by wildlife officials, who used night vision goggles to stake out a chicken coop that the bear raided near the small Montana town where the woman was attacked. The bear was shot by federal wildlife workers shortly after midnight when it approached a trap set near the coop about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Ovando, where Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was killed early Tuesday morning, said Greg Lemon with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Grizzly Bear Killed Near Ovando – Restrictions Remain in Place
Wildlife officials trapped and killed a grizzly bear early Friday morning that they believe may be responsible for the attack that killed 65 year-old Leah Davis Lokan of Chico, California, an incident that has garnered worldwide media attention.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Information and Program Manager Greg Lemon described how the bear was trapped and killed.
“Thursday morning we got a call that that night a bear had raided a chicken coop less than two miles away from Ovando,” said Lemon. “On inspection of that incident, the tracks looked to be the same the behavior of the raid on the chicken coop was really similar to what the bear had done to the chicken coop in Ovando on Tuesday morning, and so we thought we might have the same bear so we set out a trap.”