Home of Brutus the Bear & Friends!
Welcome to Montana Grizzly Encounter; a Grizzly Bear Rescue & Education Sanctuary in Bozeman, Montana. Founded in 2004, it provides a spacious and natural home for rescued grizzlies. At the same time it provides a place where the public can come and learn about grizzly bears as they watch the majestic animals “up close” in a beautiful mountain setting.
All of our bears were born in unfortunate captive situations and could NEVER be released into the wild. The bears have been rescued from often inhumane captive situations all over the U.S.
We give the bears the best possible life here at the sanctuary. We give people an opportunity to see and understand this awesome creature safely, up close, with no bars or cages to obstruct the view. The Grizzly Encounter is open to school groups free of charge, and each year thousands of children learn about grizzly bear safety and conservation. In this way, Brutus and the Grizzly Encounter are doing their best to help insure that there will be wild bears in our forests for generations to come.
Please come visit the bears at Montana Grizzly Encounter, east of Bozeman, MT on I-90, exit 319.
Internship/Volunteer Information
Help make an impact by immersing yourself in an environment that strives to educate others about the importance of bear safety and animal rescue. Work hands on to help
save the bears!
Volunteer Opportunities
One to six month volunteer
opportunities
Possibility to earn college
credit
Learn basics to bear safety and
what it takes to run a sanctuary
Hands on experience learning
grizzly bear husbandry, diet and
enrichment
Educate visitors on bear safety
to prevent an increase in the
number of captives bears
Spend your summer in the
mountains of Montana, an hour
from Yellowstone
Download the brochure here…