They Left a Wildlife Officer Tied to a Pine-But the Grizzly Reached for the Rope Instead of His Throat

week of April. His mother had been shot beside an illegal bait site, and he had twisted one foreleg into a snare while trying to stay near her. By the time I reached him, the cable had opened a wound along his side and he had exhausted himself fighting it.

A wildlife veterinarian was coming, but a washed-out culvert put her hours away. Mara Leland, continue reading …