In the remote backcountry of Yellowstone National Park, a seemingly simple food bag hanging from a pole became the final chapter in one bear’s story. On July 11, 2025, park officials made the difficult decision to euthanize an adult female black bear after she demonstrated increasingly bold food-seeking behaviors in the Blacktail Deer Creek area. The bear’s story began on June 7 when she crushed an unoccupied tent at a backcountry campsite. Weeks later, the same bear climbed a food storage pole—equipment specifically designed to keep wildlife away from human food—and tore down properly secured food bags. After consuming the … Continue reading Yellowstone Bear Euthanized After Defeating Food Storage: Inside the Park’s Difficult Wildlife Management Decision