Alberta moves problem grizzly bear from outside Banff area to remote park
BANFF, Alta. — A feisty female grizzly that came too close to people too often has been moved far away from her stomping grounds in Banff National Park and the Canmore area to protect public safety.
Paul Frame, a provincial carnivore export, said Bear 148 was tranquilized and relocated from her home range to the remote Kakwa Wildland Park in northwestern Alberta.
Frame said despite the best efforts of Alberta and Parks Canada staff to condition her to avoid humans, Bear 148 was approaching people daily, including a close call with a man near Canmore Thursday.
“She did come within a metre of a jogger,” Frame said Monday. “At the point we decided any closer would result in contact.