Search for Grizzly Bear Continues After Attacks on Hunters in Montana

Part of the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana has been closed after a hunter was severely mauled by a grizzly bear. The attack occurred while the hunter was tracking a deer, and emergency crews airlifted the victim to a nearby hospital. Authorities are searching for the bear, which may have been shot. Grizzly bears are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and encounters between bears and humans are increasing as the bear population grows in Montana. This incident follows the recent killing of another grizzly bear that had broken into a house and was involved in a fatal attack on a woman in July.