(Photo: SUE CEDARHOLM)<\/span><\/p>\nA grizzly bear mother and her two cubs are at risk for relocation or even death after making their home near a Wyoming highway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bear, known as “Felicia” by Jackson Hole residents poses a threat, wildlife officials say, for her family’s proximity to a\u00a055-mile highway\u00a0in the Togwotee Mountain Pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
People have also been spotted approaching and feeding the bears.<\/p>\n
“Human-conditioned behavior,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u00a0said in a news release,\u00a0could lead to aggressive bear behavior.<\/p>\n
If park rangers aren’t able to\u00a0scare the bear off the road using rubber bullets or loud noises over the next 10 to 14 days,\u00a0U.S. Fish and Wildlife service says Felicia and her cubs will likely be relocated or\u00a0euthanized.<\/p>\n
Wildlife advocates, including\u00a0Savannah Rose Burgess, say euthanasia shouldn’t be an option. Burgess launched a petition on June 11\u00a0to save Felicia and her cubs that has more than 34,500\u00a0signatures as of Thursday.<\/p>\n
With her team, Burgess is also working\u00a0to launch a bear ambassador program\u00a0where a person or multiple people would ensure visitors are following appropriate guidelines in the presence of bears.<\/p>\n
“We have the opportunity here to make a really impactful change,” Burgess told USA TODAY. “It is absolutely horrible to try to think of removing this animal. She’s important and she’s vital, and not just vital to her species in the reproductive sense.”<\/p>\n
She has\u00a0been in contact with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who\u00a0are open to her efforts and are working with her.<\/p>\n
Felicia, according to Burgess, has never been aggressive or charged anyone. Award-winning wildlife photographer Thomas Mangelsen, who has documented Felicia for over six years, also says\u00a0that she is very calm and collected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“This is more of a people management issue than a bear management issue. We need more people on the ground who are trained and educated,” Mangelsen told USA TODAY.<\/p>\n
Yellowstone bear charges woman<\/strong>: National Park Service has launched investigation<\/span><\/p>\n‘Just didn’t seem quite right’<\/b>: Bear with rare disease seems unfazed<\/span><\/p>\nMangelsen and his assistant, Susan\u00a0Cedarholm, are\u00a0working with\u00a0different entities such as the forest service and the wildlife service\u00a0to come up with a solution to keep Felicia alive and other bears that may come along.<\/p>\n
“We are all working for the same cause,” Mangelsen said.<\/p>\n
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Felicia and her two cubs walking on a snowy path. (Photo: SUSAN E. CEDARHOLM)<\/span><\/p>\nJack Bayles, owner of Team399 that helps fund grizzly bear education and protection, says that it is up to the person\u00a0to be informed on bear guidelines.\u00a0An incident happened in Yellowstone National Park where a woman disregarded park rules to stay 100 yards away from bears, and it ended up charging her.<\/p>\n
“I think the bear ambassador program can be really effective. The wildlife brigade in Grand Teton National Park, for example, has been highly successful in managing people around these situations,” Bayles said.<\/p>\n
Bayles said that\u00a0part of keeping bears alive is respecting their boundaries.<\/p>\n
“The bears have done nothing wrong. There just happens to be a road that goes through her territory,”\u00a0Bayles said. “I think it’s incumbent upon the public to understand what their role is when they come into a grizzly habitat.”<\/p>\n
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