Parks Canada is asking motorists to slow down and watch for wildlife after three grizzly bears were struck and killed in Jasper and Yoho national parks earlier this month.
The agency said two bears — a female and a male — died on the Trans-Canada Highway through Yoho National Park in British Columbia on June 7 and June 11.
"This spring, it's a little delayed because we have a snowpack that is hanging in there. It's keeping the bears low and they are spending more time along the roads, which is putting them at risk for a longer period of time."The female bear with a cub was hit late Thursday or early Friday morning by a transport truck about five kilometres east of the Jasper townsite. The cub survived and appeared to be doing well Friday, Parks Canada said in a news release last week.
Laskin said it's difficult to deal with grizzly bear deaths, particularly the five-year-old female bear in Yoho National Park.
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