Bears
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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
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Now the other shoe has dropped, and a number of conservation groups have filed a lawsuit to halt the delisting of the grizzly bear in the greater Yellowstone. The grizzly was delisted on May 1, 2007. The greater Yellowstone is in NW Wyoming with substantial portions extending into Montana and Idaho. The full name of…
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Close encounters. By Brodie Farquhar. Caspter Star Tribune. The man, Jim Cole, has been mauled before; and was later charged but found not guilty of approaching a grizzly too closely. Update (May 27): Friend: Man mauled by grizzly had no time for pepper spray. AP. post 1146
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Trust Fund for Grizzlies, Wolves Weighed International Business Times. By Matthew Brown. The idea is that Congress would provide most of the initial money and create a quasi-governmental fund, to which states, individuals, non-profit and for profit corporations, could add. The fund would take the burden off of state departments of fish and game, and…
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Despite the headline, the article says isn’t clear what the huge pine die-off in Alberta (and, not mentioned in the article, nearby B.C.) will have on the grizzly bear. Scientists using bears to battle bugs. By Jeff Holubitsky, CanWest News Service post 1116
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Alaska didn’t come close to killing the number of wolves it wanted. What a pity. Weather, fuel costs favored the lives of hundreds of wolves. FEWER KILLS: State’s goal was 664 dead; reports put number at less than a third. By Alex deMarban. Anchorage Daily News. At our North American wolf conference recently in Flagstaff,…