Far from its arctic habitat, the bear was killed Thursday as a safety precaution.
The polar bear was over 200 miles south of the coast of the North Slope. To get there, the bear had to cross over the Brooks Range mountains, which is a major mountain range. Very unusual for polar bears.
A polar bear wandering far from the Alaska coast was killed around the outskirts of the village of Fort Yukon. The bear was spotted eating lynx carcasses Thursday morning. It was killed later in the day because of safety concerns.
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The bear was first spotted outside a cabin on the edge of town by Peter John, said Tony Carroll, who had recently been skinning lynx at the cabin. Carroll said most people didn't believe him, but as word spread around town more than a half dozen hunters began tracking the bear. Zeb Cadzow, maintenance director at the Council of Athabascan Tribal Government, eventually shot and killed the bear.
According to the hunters, the young female bear appeared to be in good health. |