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DNA confirms ID of Ovando killer grizzly

by Clark Fork Valley Press
| July 21, 2021 12:00 AM

DNA tests have confirmed a grizzly bear killed by wildlife officials is the same bear that attacked and killed a camper last week in the tiny western Montana town of Ovando, officials said last week.

Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said lab tests confirmed a match between DNA samples taken from the slain bear and a saliva sample from the scene of the July 6 attack that killed Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California...

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