Friends found the partially consumed body Aug. 11 after McClelland failed to show up for an appointment. When the bear returned to the site Aug. 15, state wildlife officers trapped and killed it. Wildlife officials speculate the bear was the same one that earlier raided nine empty cabins in the area, breaking windows, doors and, in one case, a cabin wall. Food and trash apparently attracted the bear to McClelland's camp. They think that because they're there they have priority.
People just keep moving in where the bears are.
Wyoming attorney Karen Budd has filed suit in federal court to end state regulation of hunting on private land. Wyoming, like all Western states, claims wildlife as state property and tightly regulates hunting permits, especially for non-residents. Budd, who has gained fame in recent years as a legal gun for the Wise Use movement, says the suit is intended to give her plaintiffs, who live out of state and have had difficulty obtaining licenses, the right to hunt on property they own in Wyoming. However, Ron Arnold, assistant state attorney general, says Budd is being deceptive. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Texas millionaire Clayton Williams and two Wyoming ranch families, charges that Wyoming Game and Fish regulations are unconstitutional and would make any wildlife found on private land private property.