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Confirmed: Shot Bear 615 Was Cub Of Famed Grizzly 399

DNA Analysis Shows Link Between Bruin Icons In Grand Teton National Park

Laboratory tests have confirmed that the young female grizzly bear known as 615 shot by a hunter Sept. 19, 2009 was indeed a cub of famous Jackson Hole grizzly widely known as Bear 399.

Grand Teton National Park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs said Thursday, October 22 that results of recent DNA analysis, based on a blood specimen taken from the dead bruin, show its connection to Bear 399.

Bear 615, which, like her mother, spent much of her life in Grand Teton Park, was killed near Ditch Creek in the Bridger-Teton National Forest while feeding on a moose carcass. 

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