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Trapper gives up on catching sheep-killing bears
Posted on July 22
By the Associated Press

GREAT FALLS - A government trapper says he did all he can to catch one and possibly two grizzly bears, suspected of killing 71 sheep in three separate attacks south of Choteau.

Mike Hoggan of Valier is a trapper with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services. He has removed two foot snares that he previously set for the bears at one of the two sites where sheep were attacked. Both are along the Teton River, a mile south of Choteau.

Hoggan says the bears may have moved on and he doesn't plan to set any additional snares.

The bear or bears remain on the loose, but Hoggan says there have been no complaints about sheep kills since July 9.
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