Canada: Another grizzly struck, killed by train passing through Banff NP; attracted by grain spilling from railcars
Another grizzly has been killed by a train along a treacherous stretch of track near the Town of Banff, once again raising concerns about the viability of the population given what is becoming an increasingly serious problem in the mountain park.
The latest death is the sixth grizzly killed since 2007 along this 2 kilometre stretch of track and comes despite the millions Canadian Pacific is spending to try to mitigate the problem through Banff National Park.
If nothing is done to reduce grizzly deaths along the railway through the park, some fear for the fate of the iconic animal in the Lower Bow Valley.