Bears
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The genetics of bears apparently has been changed more over time by hunting and other human activities than by natural macro-changes like ice ages. Story in Science Daily.
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Bold bruins bedevil hunters. By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette (reprinted in Helena Independent Record). One critical point Henkel makes is to be sure you hang your carcass well away from the gut pile. Bears actually prefer the organs. Their tastes are not the same as ours. I don’t buy the notion that the grizzly bears…
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Woodland caribou population is down to ten or less and grizzlies only 60 in Banff in 80 in the Kananaskis country to its south. Grim for grizzlies. Gloom and doom’ for Banff’s ursine residents, says park report. Cathy Ellis, Calgary Herald. By contrast both Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP each have over 200 grizzlies with…
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It has been the common view that 22-year old Kenton Carnegie was killed by a wolf pack northern Saskatchewan back 2005, becoming the only documented victim of such an attack in North America. Testimony from carnivore expert Paul Paquet has now cast doubt on that belief. Paquet says it was most likely a bear that…
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While it’s too soon to blame this on state management, the first year of state-run Greater Yellowstone grizzly management has seen too many deaths of grizzly sows, a very important parameter in keeping the delisted bear population from a relisting. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Grizzly sow deaths close to upper limit.…
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Study: About 240 grizzlies live in Glacier park. USA Today . Earlier, we have discussed the DNA population size study for the entire NCDE (at least 550). This is the first breakout I have seen for just the Glacier NP portion of the NCDE.
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A 700 pound grizzly (huge for the interior Rocky Mountains) was hit and killed by a pickup truck on Highway 200 not far from Lincoln, Montana. This is in the NCDE grizzly recovery area, not the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Story: Pickup truck kills 700-pound griz near Lincoln. By John Cramer. Missoulian – – – –…