Cubs of food-raiding grizzly are trapped and collared "to mitigate human-bear conflicts"

Wildlife managers in northwestern Wyoming have put tracking collars on two of four cubs belonging to a well-known grizzly bear that has been raiding human sources of food. Officials said the move was made "in order to better monitor the bears' location and take steps to mitigate human-bear conflicts."

Wildlife watchers have been familiar with Grizzly No. 399 for years, following her movements and offspring closely. The grizzly and her current litter of cubs have recently run into trouble getting into garbage, apiaries and animal feed in the Jackson area.

"In recent days there has been a significant increase in the frequency of the five bears lingering near human residences and accessing human sources of food,"  the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement Sunday.