Bears
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Remarkably low value activity results in grizzly bear deaths- Wherever grizzly bears roam outside a much too small, couple of American national parks, they are often threatened by cattle and sheep, which many grizzlies figure out are made of meat. Heroic efforts have been made over the years to keep grizzlies from discovering this source…
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4-year old sow is captured- The Great Falls Tribune said that a sow griz killed 70 sheep “at three ranches in two weeks — including 58 at one ranch — in an unprecedented killing spree. . . [emphasis ours]. We can picture a drawing in a sensational magazine with a giant grizzly throwing hapless sheep…
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Grizzlies seeming to continue their slow migration south along the Wind Rivers- After two years, another grizzly has been photographed well south in the lofty Wind River Range, west of Lander, WY. The bear was caught by a trail camera. The bear was in a dense stand of lodgepole pine in the vicinity of Sinks…
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Liquor and drugs fell felon; but bears should not eat flesh of bad guys- British Columbia has an odd, macabre, bear story. It seems a person convicted of murder back in ’93 was on parole and hardly living up to expectations. The mix of drugs and booze probably killed him at his lone party in…
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Remarkable video shows an elk calf-eating grizzly and elk grazing side by side- Daryl Hunter spotted grizzly bear #610 approaching elk at Willow Flats in Grand Teton National Park. The bear had been eating their elk calves all months. Guess what happened next? Watch his video.
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Recently we were informed of a new effort by two conservation groups, a Native American tribe and livestock interests “to secure $25 million from the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill to help livestock producers reduce the risk of livestock losses to grizzly bears, wolves, black bears and mountain lions.” This taxpayer money is meant to “reduce…
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Movement of bears into this good habitat was inevitable. Meanwhile Gallatin County Commissions say wolves, bears cougars are a big detriment to Bozeman, West Yellowstone areas- In Yellowstone Park where the Gallatin Range rises there is some of the very best grizzly habitat. For a long time grizzlies have also ranged about 10 miles north…
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“Justice” was done when the ‘Wapiti Sow” was euthanized (executed?)- An earlier story today remarked that in springtime our thoughts seem to turn to bears as they wake up and we get to run stories saying “be careful.” Just in time, Slate Magazine has run a very thorough story on the life of a Yellowstone…