A bear killed last month in the Bighorn National Forest has been linked through DNA to an earlier encounter involving two tents.
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Wyoming bear killed after tent encounters. Now DNA reveals a surprising connection

A bear killed last month in the Bighorn National Forest has been linked through DNA to an earlier encounter involving two tents.

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