This one’s tough. Officials at North Cascades National Park euthanized a wild black bear known as 380 this summer. They say he kept finding human food at campsites and lost his fear of people, making it hard to chase him away. Officials say they made the very difficult decision to euthanize him because a bear that is conditioned to get food from people can be dangerous.
Since this news came out, the Washington park has received an outpouring of love and frustration about Bear 380. They remind all park goers of the importance of keeping food properly stored so something like this doesn’t happen again.
