Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was on a long-distance bicycling trip and had stopped in the western Montana town of Ovando when she was killed early Tuesday, said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials as they provided more details about the attack.
Surveillance video from a business in town showed the bear about a block from the post office about 15 minutes later, wildlife officials said. The bear will be killed if it is found, said Greg Lemon, a spokesperson for Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “She loved these kind of adventures. A woman in her 60s, and she’s dong this kind of stuff —- she had a passion for life that was out of the ordinary,” Flowers said.
North of Ovando lies an expanse of forests and mountains, including Glacier National Park that stretches to Canada and is home to an estimated 1,000 grizzlies. It’s the largest concentration of the bruins in the contiguous U.S.
Now the local US Wildlife & Game and Local Sheriff's are hunting the endangered bear to kill it. Which makes no sense. The bear killed the woman in its natural habitat, it did not break into her house or randomly attack her in public. Leave the bear alone. It did nothing wrong.
Bears gonna bear.
Why didn’t they have a gun in bear country?
Wow 💔
Massacre animals to make nature safe for humans? You went to the bear's home. You took a risk for fun. It happens. Is something happening that is making animals more agressive when food becomes available?
How about the poor chickens doing chicken things? Chickens lives matter too!!!
Bear spray?....how about a 357 magnum
My beef is that said bear made a previous visit to the tent because there was food. News FLASH! There should not have been food in that camp at all. How do people not know this about bears? It was a preventable death and now the bear has a death sentence. Tragic for all!
A bear is gonna bear. Ijs
It’s true what they say about bears. . .
Too many ppl in the wilderness. No natural food for wildlife.
What's with the assholes in the comments trying to give advice or minimize what happened here? A woman was attacked and killed in her own town, and they are acting like she went and camped out by the bear's den, or like people aren't allowed to camp. What utter lack of empathy.
Think ahead or you may end up dead. Pretty simple.
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I don’t blame the bear for doing bear things, but imagine how terrifying that was for that poor woman.
A bear has to die for being a bear? I fucking hate people.
Too bad someone in the group didn't know when the bear came in the First time and they got lucky they all shoulda packed up and left...
This is horrifying
Would have been better to secure your food in bear country before going to sleep and tempting the bear . So sad
Me if I see a bear roll up…
Who was the intruder...?
This gave me the chills, RIP.
Unhappy spouses scanning craigslist for bear rentals.
missjst Great. Another worry. But bear was just doing bear.
Sad for the woman and her family, but how many times does this have to happen before we stop being surprised. We are in their yard.
Next time bring a gun into grizzly territory.
I have a brother who uses his car alarm in his remote whenever things seem awry. With a bear it would probably scare it away. That, and carry a gun.
Fuck camping! The end.
Let's not go sleeping in the bear's hunting grounds. What could possibly go wrong?
One of my worst fears
Unfortunate this happened. But, I don't blame the bear. Food in your tent and not leaving after the first sight... idiots. The first warning was the time to leave.
If someone enter your house without permission! What would you do ? Don’t blame animals! We have already destroyed their places (forests) enough! Leave them alone!
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