Nature lovers held a vigil for a famous female grizzly bear that delighted visitors for decades in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park after she was struck and killed by a vehicle.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Grand Teton National Park honored the legacy of grizzly bear 399 by returning her ashes to the Pilgrim Creek area of the

The bear was a mother to at least 18 cubs over the years and a documentary star. Now, the internet is mourning her death after she was hit by. a car.

The famous grizzly bear mother, a longtime icon in the Yellowstone area, has died after being struck by a vehicle on a Wyoming highway.

She was a Yellowstone icon with more than 20 cubs and grand cubs, and the grizzly bear population will surely suffer from her loss."

A female grizzly bear that delighted visitors for decades in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park has been struck and killed by a vehicle.

A beloved bear, known as the world’s most famous grizzly, has died after being struck by a vehicle at Grand Teton National Park in western Wyoming, part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Grizzly 399 died on Tuesday night, October 22, on a highway in Snake River Canyon south of Jackson, according to the National Park Service.

Named for the tag affixed by researchers to her ear, No. 399 was the oldest-known reproducing female grizzly in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem

The popular grizzly Grand Teton bear who was fatally struck by a car last month will be mourned by the public this weekend with a vigil in western Wyoming. Grizzly No. 399 and her ever-growing brood was a beloved favorite of tourists visiting Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park for nearly 30 years before her untimely death on Highway 29/28 on Oct.