GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- The male grizzly bear that wandered from the Rocky Mountains to the Loma area last year has been captured again after breaking into a chicken coop northeast of Great Falls.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have decided the bear will not be released into the wild again.

Grizzly management specialist Mike Madel says FWP is awaiting word on whether a research facility at Washington State University will accept the bear. If not, it will be euthanized.

The bear wandered an estimated 175 miles last year, almost to Loma, before it was captured after dining on a sheep. The bear was relocated to the Flathead National Forest west of the Continental Divide.

The bear was captured again Monday north of Carter.

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Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com

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