Bears
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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
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He is in good condition. He came upon a sow and her three cubs feeding on an elk carcass near Jackson Lake Lodge. The bear and her large cubs (they’re yearlings) have been seen a lot this spring to the delight of most people. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Grizzly bear attacks…
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The grizzly had faded greatly in Alberta in the Rockies and foothills in the southwestern part of the province (the southeastern portion lost its grizzlies long ago — plains). Massive energy industrialization of the North is also taking the great bear down. Story in The Globe and Mail. By Geoff Nixon post 1199
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Jim Cole, who was mauled by a grizzly bear near Trout Creek in Yellowstone Park’s Hayden Valley, has been released from the hospital. Bear attack victim released. By Gazette News Services post 1187