Bears
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Here is yet another bear killed because of the actions of bad campers. Grand Teton biologists euthanize problem black bear. Billings Gazette.
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It is possible to pet black bears if they are full, happy and completely unafraid of humans. The same bear could injure someone a couple days later when it is frustrated, hungry, or maybe has something like a sore tooth. Story from Colorado. Wildlife Officials Kill Bear In Contact With Human. Colorado DOW Wanted To…
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It looks like the Forest Service is being super careful now. Story in Salt Lake Tribune. . . . and here is a Tribune editorial. Wildlife encounters: Develop and learn strategies for survival
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There is an emerging controversy in Oregon. Hundreds of bears are killed each year for the timber industry because some bears damage trees. A man stumbled upon what they had been hiding. Man stumbles upon bears killed during tree damage season. KGW.com . . . and the followup Oregon to bury remains of bears killed…
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“The grandfather of an 11-year-old boy who was killed by a black bear blamed authorities today for not warning that the hulking animal was believed to have harassed another group of campers at the same site hours earlier.” Story in the Statesman-Journal.
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While the Alaskan (Kodiak) brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) tops a thousand pounds, that size is very rare for the interior grizzly, but Montana Bear Management Specialist Mike Madel just snared the second largest ever recorded in the Northern Rockies near Choteau, Montana. The bear weighed 750 pounds and could reach 900 by fall. The…
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About 11 PM last night, a rouge black bear tore open a tent an 11-year old boy was sleeping in. A half hour later searchers found his remains 400 yards away. Dogs are tracked down the large black bear and it was shot. The killing took place in American Fork Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains…
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This is the southernmost record for grizzly bears in many years. The bear was in poor shape. Story by Cat Urbigkit in the Casper Star Tribune. Hunter Mistakenly Kills Grizzly. post 1221