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Federal wildlife workers wearing night-vision goggles shot the grizzly bear believed to have killed a Californian woman just after midnight, the Associated Press reported.
Officials set up a trap for the bear near a chicken coop about two miles from Ovando, where Leash Davis Lokan, 65, was killed Tuesday morning, said Greg Lemon with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The bear raided the chicken coop overnight Wednesday, they set the trap nearby and hoped to lure the animal back.
"Based on the size of the bear, the color of the bear and nature of the chicken coop raids, we're confident we've got the offending bear," Lemon said.
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On Thursday night, an Ovando woman came home and found her door ripped off and noticed large claw marks, Powell County Sheriff Gavin Roselles posted on Facebook. A short time later, the male grizzly bear was killed in the area.
Investigators gathered DNA evidence from the scene of the attack that killed Lokan and will compare it to samples gathered from the dead grizzly bear to be sure the bear that was killed was the one that attacked Lokan. The results could be available in the next three days.
Until then, Roselles said he would maintain the closure of outdoor campsites available in Ovando.
Lokan was an experienced outdoorswoman and cyclist who was on a mountain biking trip. She and her party were camped by Ovando's post office early Tuesday when she was attacked.
Friends said Lokan was a free spirit, competitive and adventuresome and was aware of the dangers she faced on the trip.
