An old and underweight grizzly bear was euthanized over the weekend after biting a hunter on the leg along the South Fork of the Shoshone River. According to Wyoming Game and Fish spokesman Dennie Hammer, the man was hunting with a friend in a dense will patch. He walked in on a bear that was lying there and was bit on the left thigh. Hammer said the attack occurred late last week during a full moon at around 7:30 a.m. Biologists searched for the bear over the weekend and found the animal in poor shape. According to Hammer, it had broken teeth and its body fat was around 15 percent. Bears this year average around 31 percent body fat. While the bear was acting normally, biologists opted to euthanize the animal because of its condition, age and proximity to populated areas. The bear's exact age was not yet known.
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