Quote Originally Posted by GlassMan
I saw an update about this on the news. It stated that a bear had been trapped in the area and immediately euthanized. Now they are scouring the area to make sure that they killed the right one.

I'm sorry, but isn't that rather like "shoot first, ask questions later?" What if that wasn't the right bear?

I really wish they'd given more information to explain why the animal was killed if they weren't certain. Was it acting vicious as well?

I sincerely hope that they are not just trapping any and all bears in the area and killing them until they feel certain that they've eliminated the threat.
Here's what I've been told about killing the bears: They do this to preserve any forensic evidence. There also tends to be only a few bears in any one area.
This was not however bear normal behavior.