The 11-year-old bear "repeatedly sought out human food" and knocked over 800-pound "bear-resistant" dumpsters, the National Park Service said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Yellowstone National Park staff trapped and killed an 11-year-old male grizzly bear on May 14 after the bear repeatedly sought out human food sources in developed ...