Train kills grizzly cubs as bear deaths mount

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Two grizzly bear cubs have been killed by a train in northwestern Montana, driving the number of bear deaths toward last year's record level for the region, Montana officials said. The two cubs, one of them female and the other of unknown sex, were found Tuesday night along railroad tracks near the small town of Trego, about 30 miles south of the Canadian border, said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Dillon Tabish. A record 46 grizzly bears died in 2018 in a region that includes Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness and surrounding areas. The region is home to more than 1,000 bears. The 44 grizzlies killed or removed to date in 2019 include eight hit by trains, the most ever recorded in a single year.