Yoho National Park’s Nokoda dead after separate incidents on the same day, parks officials say
Parks Canada staff who spent hundreds of hours tracking a rare white grizzly bear known as Nakoda had recently celebrated her emergence from hibernation with two new cubs in British Columbia’s Yoho National Park, said parks wildlife management specialist Saudi Stevens.
“It’s actually devastated the team that was so deeply invested in really trying to prevent this outcome,” Stevens told a news briefing.“So many staff are actually working hard to make roads safer for wildlife we really want to emphasize to visitors the importance of not stopping and lingering to view wildlife, to drive cautiously and to obey the speed limits.”
Stevens said staff were “optimistic” the bear would survive as they watched her climb over the fence and head toward the forest with “no apparent injuries other than a limp.”
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