On the night of August 13, 1967 , two grizzly bear attacks that killed humans occurred simultaneously in Glacier National Park , USA. After receiving the news , the rangers went to the campsite fully armed and killed any grizzly bears that approached the campsite. In the end , four bears were shot dead. This incident was written by the writer Jack Olsen as “Night of the Grizzlies“. After that , the book title was often used to refer to the incident.
In the 57 years from the establishment of Glacier National Park in 1910 to the occurrence of the incident , there were no fatal grizzly bear attacks in the park , so the grizzly bears there were considered safe. However , the two consecutive fatal attacks on Grizzly Night caused fear among humans , to the point where some people called for the extinction of grizzly bears in the United States.
Although this was not done in the end , in the 6 years after the incident , park rangers killed more than 229 grizzly bears , including 189 killed in Yellowstone National Park , which can be regarded as human revenge against grizzly bears. However , doing so may not necessarily solve the problem. The final solution is strict management.
In the past , humans were too close to the animals in the national park. Feeding food and leaving various food scraps and garbage would attract animals to the vicinity of the campsite and make the animals unafraid of humans. After studying the body of one of the grizzly bears that killed humans , it was found that glass shards were stuck in its mouth , which made it difficult to eat and became irritable.
The garbage brought by humans contained food , but also dangerous and sharp glass , metal and other garbage , and then accidentally attacked the humans who brought the garbage , which is really regrettable. Afterwards , the national park began to strictly manage garbage , such as installing bear-proof trash cans and strictly prohibiting the feeding of wild animals , which made the park safe again.