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Grizzly Killed By Truck In Jasper National Park

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By NPT Staff - June 20th, 2022
Motorists are urged to drive carefully to avoid harming wildlife such as grizzly bears.

Motorists are urged to drive carefully in Jasper National Park to avoid harming wildlife such as grizzly bears/Parks Canada

A female grizzly bear has been struck and killed by a commercial transport truck on Highway 16 in Jasper National Park, and her cub has been orphaned.

The truck driver wasn’t harmed, reported the incident to Parks Canada dispatch and remained on scene until help arrived.

The incident happened around midnight on June 16 about five kilometres (three miles) east of Jasper townsite in Alberta. The orphaned cub was located early June 17 and appears to be doing well. Parks Canada says its staff will be actively monitoring this bear in the days ahead.

When young bear cubs are orphaned through wildlife collisions, Parks Canada’s first approach is to leave them in their home range. The cub is old enough that it has likely learned some of the tools needed to survive on its own, and removing or relocating bears such as this is always a last resort.

“Removing wildlife from the landscape can have serious impacts on overall future bear populations and their viability, and relocating bears can increase the potential for conflict with other bears and reduce their chance of success,” said Parks Canada in a news release.

Grizzly bears are a keystone species in mountain landscapes like Jasper and protecting them is a shared responsibility, Parks Canada said.

Motorists are reminded to:
• Obey posted speed limits at all times
• Slow down in areas of traffic congestion or when wildlife are spotted
• Drive carefully and alertly for wildlife
• Follow park wildlife viewing guidelines and stay in your vehicle in the presence of roadside wildlife
• Report any serious or unsafe wildlife issues to park dispatch at 1-780-852-6155

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Submitted by Jasper nagol on June 20, 2022 - 7:37am.

The trucks are the vehicles that are killing large mammals......They speed through the park, particularly at night with no ramifications. Transponders installed on all trucks will clock the entrances at the east and west gates and record the vehicles that "fly" through the park with no regard to wildlife.


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