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Orphaned Grizzly Cubs of Tom Miner Update
On March 12th, 2019 I learned quite definitively our greatest fears for the orphaned grizzly bear cubs of Tom Miner Basin, which is situated just north of Yellowstone Park, had become a gruesome reality. The cubs had individually been euthanized by MFWP after leaving the relative safety of the Tom Miner Basin and wandering into Paradise Valley. Both cubs were determined to be females who would have been at breeding age this year. Our hearts broke with sadness and a repressed rage surfaced knowing very little had been done by the state to ensure the safety of both grizzly bears and humans alike in this case. The state made examples of any grizzly bear with the audacity to search out new and easy food sources in lieu of creating a climate of responsibility and tolerance.
A Close Encounter
“What the hell is going on?” I asked myself audibly. My mind stumbled as I picked up the pace, already out of breath and sweating but staring down at fresh mountain lion tracks in my set of tracks I’d laid down less than an hour ago. In open areas where the snow was good I could see the then fresh lion tracks I’d originally found an hour ago and my boot tracks following them but now there was another set of lion tracks in the mix and in some places directly in my boot prints. I couldn’t comprehend what I was looking at as I sped along, stumbling across a steep canyon game trail in the northern Rockies of Montana.