Julena Campbell,Public Affairs Officer at (307) 344-2015 NPS Director - Mr. Jarvis 202-208-3818. Read this new article on the bears and what the park plans to do with them. http://www.usnews.com/news/science/news/articles/2015/08/10/grizzly-victim-identified-tests-pending-on-captured-bear "Crosby, of Billings, Montana, was an experienced hiker and his wounds indicated he tried to fight back, officials said. But authorities advise visitors to carry mace-like bear spray and travel in groups. Biologists set up a trap that snared an adult female bear at the scene that night. A cub was captured Monday, and biologists hoped to trap another cub after a camera recorded an image of two cubs in the area, Yellowstone spokeswoman Amy Bartlett said. Park Superintendent Dan Wenk said the adult bear would be killed for public safety if DNA samples show it was involved in Crosby's death. The cubs first would be offered to a zoo or rehabilitation center, but such placements are difficult and the animals likely would be killed if no permanent home is found, Bartlett said." The hiker did not carry bear spray or travel in a group as all people are told to do in bear country. The cubs will likely be killed if they cannot be placed with a zoo or rehabilitation center, so instead of one dead bear there will be three. The decision to euthanize the mother bear is purely PR work, to give the public a false sense of security when they visit the park. The reality is, people know wildlife exists within the park and that any contact with them can be potentially dangerous. No one should be visiting Yellowstone without that knowledge and park officials do a good job of warning visitors as they enter. We as a society have moved beyond the thinking that wildlife is to blame for our decisions. We understand that habitat loss is significant and the few places that remain for wildlife to roam should be considered safe havens. If we cannot respect the animals that exist within Ntl. Parks then we should not be visiting. We can only assume Crosby, an experienced hiker and nature lover who lost his life, would not want to see a grizzly bear killed for only doing what came natural to her. There are those that will say once a bear kills and consumes human flesh it will return to hunt people again but there is no scientific data that backs up that claim, so it is only a myth.