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Yellowstone National ParkJuvenile Bighorn Sheep casually amble along a precipice near Tower Falls.
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Yellowstone National Park
Grizzly Bear Mortality

Known grizzly bear mortalities in Yellowstone National Park, 2000 – 2007.

Year

Known Natural Death

Vehicle Strike
Mortality

Management Removal
Euthanize

Management Removal
To Zoo

Accidental Management Death

Other Known
Deaths

Total

2007

2

0

0

1

0

0

3

2006

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

2005

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2004

2

1

1

0

0

0

4

2003

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

2002

1

2

0

0

0

0

3

2001

5

0

0

0

0

0

5

2000

2

0

0

0

0

0

2



Lake Trout Illustration  

Did You Know?
Lake trout are an invasive species of fish that is decimating the native cutthroat trout population in Yellowstone Lake.

Last Updated: April 16, 2008 at 14:59 EST