Woman jailed for getting too close to grizzly bear at Yellowstone park

  • Samantha Dehring refused to move away as animal charged
  • Visitors forbidden from getting within 100 yards of a bear

A woman was jailed for four days after getting too close to a grizzly bear and two cubs in Yellowstone national park and refusing to move away, even as the animal charged.

Samantha Dehring, 25 and from Illinois, pleaded guilty to “willfully remaining, approaching and photographing wildlife within 100 yards”, federal authorities said, following the incident in May.

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Source: The Guardian