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Post by brobear on Jun 29, 2022 1:28:44 GMT -5
Hiker hospitalized after grizzly bear mauling in Wyoming apnews.com/article/travel-mountains-wyoming-montana-parks-d2ebb51a9ee12cdea7ffe4936059083b MEETEETSE, Wyo. (AP) — A hiker has been hospitalized after being mauled by a bear, believed to have been a grizzly, in the mountains of northwestern Wyoming, the state’s Game and Fish agency said Tuesday. The man was hiking Monday at high elevation on Francs Peak, a 13,000-foot (4,000-meter) summit southeast of Yellowstone National Park, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said Tuesday. The surprise attack happened too quickly for the man to use the bear spray he was carrying, officials said. The department didn’t release the identity of the man, who was being treated at a hospital in Billings, Montana. Game and Fish Regional Wildlife Supervisor Corey Class, reached by phone, declined to ask the hospital for the man’s medical condition. Department officials didn’t plan to pursue the bear, according to the statement.
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Post by brobear on Jul 4, 2022 7:38:01 GMT -5
Bear and Man Kill Each Other After Clash in Rural Turkey www.newsweek.com/bear-man-kill-each-other-clash-turkey-1721337 Bear goes down fighting... bear and a man have been found dead after they killed each other in a clash in rural eastern Turkey. Shepherd Fatih İlhan, 44, was last seen tending his goats in the Olur district of Erzurum province on June 29, the Demirören News Agency reported, as quoted by Hurriyet Daily News. However İlhan, a father of five, failed to return to lead the animals back to the barn after hours. When his family noticed the goats had arrived at the barn without their owner, they immediately called authorities to look for him. İlhan's body was found mauled with large scars shortly after a search for him began, Demirören News Agency reported. The body of a bear, that had been shot in the chest, was found 100 yards from where the shepherd's gun lay on the ground. Authorities believe the bear attempted to attack the shepherd's livestock. After the shepherd had shot the bear with his rifle, the bear then turned on him and mauled him. The bear later succumbed to its injuries. Newsweek asked the Turkish Gendarmerie for comment. It is not clear what species of bear killed the man. However, wild brown bears live throughout Turkey's forests and across its 33 national parks. They are particularly abundant in the eastern parts of the country, across the Eastern Anatolia regions. In recent years, the bear population has been rising, causing problems for rural communities. In 2021, the Daily Sabah reported that villagers had taken to leaving giblets in the forests, in an attempt to keep hungry bears off their settlements. However they have also sought help from the government to control the population. Where bears and humans live in close proximity—with populations rising and human settlements spreading further into wild habitats—conflicts become more frequent. Bears were notably getting bolder in 2021, as the Daily Sabah reported that they were getting closer to restaurants, hoping for an easy meal. Bears only tend to attack humans when they are feeling provoked or threatened. More often than not, a bear will run away from humans if it is scared. Bears that are more used to humans tend to be more aggressive. It is not the first time such an incident has occurred. In June, a bear that had been shot by a Russian hunter, turned on the man and crushed his skull. The 62-year-old hunter had attempted to kill the bear from a platform in the Tulun district of the Irkutsk region of Russia, shortly before the animal turned on him, Russian news agency Interfax reported. The hunter's mauled corpse was found by authorities shortly after he was declared missing.
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Post by brobear on Jul 22, 2022 2:10:13 GMT -5
Relocated grizzly in Cody was not one of 399's offspring www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/local/relocated-grizzly-in-cody-was-not-one-of-399s-offspring/article_a234e797-c1a1-5289-bcef-bb653d152d55.html?fbclid=IwAR2LQ1kXO2zR_coaYuimNm2uaJSPAZfVMCcVkWMVaWyDErLH9WKE6bz8eJU The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has relocated a subadult male grizzly bear near Cody for accessing “anthropogenic attractants.” Dan Thompson, the department’s large carnivore supervisor, told the Jackson Hole Daily that the bear was not one of Grizzly 399’s offspring, which are also subadults. He said the bear had no previous conflict history and was unmarked. Two of 399’s four now-independent offspring — males collared and ear-tagged in fall 2021 — are known to have ventured far outside of Jackson Hole, reaching the Upper Green River in May. One was killed in Sublette County after it got into a range of human-related foods and became increasingly emboldened trying to access others. A Monday morning news release from Game and Fish said the bear near Cody was relocated Saturday to the Fox Creek area, which is about eight miles from the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Game and Fish is required to notify media when a grizzly is relocated. The bears are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and the decision to relocate or remove a bear — either by killing it or sending it to a zoo — must be made in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Grizzly bears are only relocated to areas where other bears are present. Bears considered a threat to human safety are not relocated.
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Post by brobear on Aug 5, 2022 1:04:22 GMT -5
Within two days, Wyoming Game and Fish captures and relocates two grizzlies to drainages deep in Shoshone and Birdger-Teton National Forests. mybighornbasin.com/wyoming-game-and-fish-capture-and-relocate-two-grizzlies-in-two-days/?fbclid=IwAR2qbSjNzQQBdJLtQz8rxFDzfuCTHf9uxiw1YcdzFwm9WW_Sv6J4U0xWSuo After consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department relocated a sub-adult male grizzly bear on July 31 and an adult male grizzly bear on Aug. 1. Both grizzly bears were captured and relocated for livestock depredations on private and public land, respectively. The first bear was captured on July 31 and relocated to the Bailey Creek drainage in Bridger-Teton National Forest. Bailey Creek is approximately 11 miles from the south entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The second bear was captured on Aug. 1 and relocated to the Five Mile drainage in Shoshone National Forest, approximately five miles from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It’s the second grizzly relocated to the Five Mile drainage this summer. These are the fourth and fifth grizzlies captured and relocated within Wyoming in 2022. Wyoming Game and Fish has dealt with three other grizzlies this summer. Most of these bears were relocated due to cattle depredation. An adult male was captured near Bondurant and relocated to the Sunlight Creek drainage in early May. A sub-adult male was captured and relocated to the Five Mile drainage in mid-July. A sub-adult male grizzly was captured and relocated to the Fox Creek drainage in mid-July. Bears are relocated according to state and federal law and regulation, and Game and Fish must notify the media whenever a grizzly bear is relocated. Game and Fish continues to stress the importance of the public’s responsibility in bear management. To this, people must ensure attractants such as food, garbage, horse feed, and bird seed are unavailable to bears. Reducing attractants available to bears reduce human-bear conflicts and, in some cases, relocations. For more information on grizzly bear management and reducing the potential for conflicts, please visit the Bear Wise Wyoming webpage.
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Post by brobear on Aug 5, 2022 4:21:49 GMT -5
Brown Bears Eat Wealthy Tourists and Pilot After Helicopter Crashes in Remote Kamchatka explorersweb.com/bears-eat-helicopter-tourists-in-kamchatka/ Brown bears mauled and ate three people after a helicopter crash on a luxury tour in the far northeastern reaches of Russia. In the July 16 incident in Kamchatka, helicopter pilot and Russian biathlete Igor Malinovsky, 25, perished along with his two passengers, Zoya Kaigorodova and Sergey Kolesnyak. Russian officials found the remains of the three individuals near the Semyachkov Pass, 13km from the Uzon volcano, the following day. Brown bears appeared to have found their bodies at the crash site, dragged them away, and fed on them.
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Post by brobear on Aug 5, 2022 4:23:00 GMT -5
A brown bear attacked a group of campers, eating one and forcing the others to flee barefoot into the mountains www.insider.com/russia-brown-bear-attacks-campers-eats-one-others-flee-barefoot-2021-7 As a group of hikers on a camping trip unpacked their belongings, one was attacked and killed by a brown bear in Russia. The group was hiking in the popular Ergaki national park in southern central Russia when the tragedy occurred on July 27. Krasnoyarsk regional news service reports that the men scaled a wall of rocks once they saw the "drooling" bear - but one man, Yevenggny Starkov, 42, lagged behind. One of the survivors told the local news that they watched their friend get devoured before fleeing further into the forest after the bear caught sight of them.
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Post by brobear on Aug 9, 2022 3:40:08 GMT -5
Woman injured by polar bear on Norway’s Svalbard Islands apnews.com/article/denmark-norway-bears-51a5a6e8abd96e55ee483572ca7b4c3f COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A polar bear attacked a campsite Monday in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said, adding that the wounds weren’t life-threatening. The bear was later killed. The woman, who was not identified, was part of a tour group of 25 people camping at Sveasletta, in the central part of the Svalbard archipelago, which sits more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of the Norwegian mainland. The campsite was located across a fjord from Longyearbyen, the main settlement in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago. Authorities responded to the news of the attack, which came shortly before 8:30 a.m., by flying there in a helicopter, chief superintendent Stein Olav Bredli. “The French woman suffered injuries to an arm. Shots were fired at the polar bear, which was scared away from the area,” he said. Further details on her injuries weren’t disclosed. She was flown by helicopter to the hospital in Longyearbyen. Woman injured by polar bear on Norway’s Svalbard Islands By JAN M. Olsen yesterday FILE - A polar bear stands on an ice floe near the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, Friday June 13, 2008. A polar bear attacked a campsite Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said, adding that the wounds weren't life-threatening. The bear was later killed. (AP Photo/Romas Dabrukas, File) FILE - A polar bear stands on an ice floe near the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, Friday June 13, 2008. A polar bear attacked a campsite Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said, adding that the wounds weren't life-threatening. The bear was later killed. (AP Photo/Romas Dabrukas, File) COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A polar bear attacked a campsite Monday in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said, adding that the wounds weren’t life-threatening. The bear was later killed. The woman, who was not identified, was part of a tour group of 25 people camping at Sveasletta, in the central part of the Svalbard archipelago, which sits more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of the Norwegian mainland. The campsite was located across a fjord from Longyearbyen, the main settlement in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago. Authorities responded to the news of the attack, which came shortly before 8:30 a.m., by flying there in a helicopter, chief superintendent Stein Olav Bredli. “The French woman suffered injuries to an arm. Shots were fired at the polar bear, which was scared away from the area,” he said. Further details on her injuries weren’t disclosed. She was flown by helicopter to the hospital in Longyearbyen. ADVERTISEMENT The main newspaper on the Arctic archipelago, Svalbardposten, said the victim was a woman in her 40s, and quoted local hospital official Solveig Jacobsen as saying that the woman was slightly injured. Bredil later told Svalbardposten that the animal has been “badly injured” and following “a professional assessment” it was put to sleep. It was unclear how it was killed. Svalbard is dotted with warnings about polar bears. Visitors who choose to sleep outdoors receive stern warnings from authorities that people must carry firearms. At least five people have been killed by polar bears since the 1970s. In 2011, a British teenager was killed and the last time a fatal polar bear mauling was reported on Svalbard was in 2020, when a 38-year-old Dutchman was killed. Following that attack, there was a debate as to whether people should be allowed to camp in tents but no ban has been decided. Some residents in Svalbard, home to more than 2,500 people, want a round-the-clock polar bear watch, while others advocate killing all bears that get close to humans. From 2009 to 2019, 14 polar bears were shot, Norwegian broadcaster NRK said. An estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. In 2015, a polar bear dragged a Czech tourist out of his tent as he and others were camping north of Longyearbyen, clawing his back before being driven away by gunshots. The bear was later found and killed by authorities.
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Post by brobear on Aug 16, 2022 9:47:30 GMT -5
Tennessee deputy frees bear trapped inside car apnews.com/article/tennessee-wildlife-bears-climate-and-environment-b3345094b7807647a863bf982955ee38 COSBY, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee deputy responded to reports for a bear in a car last week. A Cocke County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the call on Wednesday. After failed attempts to reach wildlife officials, the deputy shot out a rear passenger window with two 12-gauge bean bag rounds, breaking the glass. The bear climbed out and away without any apparent injuries, WATE-TV reported. The owner of the SUV told officials that she heard a car door shut, and then checked the car and found the bear. While inside the car, the bear chewed most of the upholstery and electronics, breaking the locking mechanism, according to the police report. There was no cause for the bear to enter the car, such as food or trash, police reported. *Note: The bear probably was simply curious about the car. The deputy did the right thing.
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Post by brobear on Aug 16, 2022 9:49:44 GMT -5
Colorado man shoots, kills bear after it entered his home apnews.com/article/colorado-animals-bears-steamboat-springs-4be364c1d599d404696f34c406e32271 DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man had a rude awaking early Saturday morning when a roughly 400-pound (181-kilogram) bear flipped the lever doorknob to his home and rummaged through some dog food, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said Monday. The homeowner, Ken Mauldin, grabbed a gun and shot the bear multiple times until it collapsed and died just after 2 a.m., said Rachel Gonzalez, spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Nobody was injured, she said. Officers removed the animal from the house, located in the ski-resort town of Steamboat Springs. The couple had a legal right to shoot the bear if they felt threatened, Gonzalez said. Colorado has roughly 12,000 bears and break-ins aren’t uncommon in Rocky Mountain towns. People shooting and killing bears in self-defense, however, is rare, said Gonzalez. This particular male bear was not tagged and the department does not know if it was involved in other break-ins, she said. “Steamboat, that area, they’ve been dealing with bears getting into homes all summer long,” said Gonzalez. “It’s not impossible that this bear learned the behavior from another bear.” Residents of Steamboat Springs are warned by the agency to lock doors and windows, secure their trash and recycling in bear-proof bins, and even take down bird-feeders to prevent these kind of confrontations. “These types of incidents are preventable,” said Gonzalez. “Bears are very smart. Once they learn that it’s easy to access food in a certain area, they are going to keep doing it.”
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Post by brobear on Aug 20, 2022 0:51:33 GMT -5
Colorado homeowner emptied pistol to kill bear that broke in apnews.com/article/mountains-colorado-bears-steamboat-springs-8f78052265484539dd19c86416b8ade6 DENVER (AP) — Ken Mauldin was jolted awake last weekend with his wife screaming incessantly in their split level home in Colorado’s mountain town of Steamboat Springs where their three children were sleeping one floor below. Then she yelled: “There’s a bear in the house!” Kelly Mauldin had just been awakened by the couple’s barking dogs that didn’t wake up her husband before dawn on Saturday. She walked to the door of the couple’s bedroom and found herself staring at a male black bear weighing about 400 pounds (181 kilograms) — about 10 feet (3 meters) away in the dining room. In an interview, Ken Mauldin said he grabbed his 40-caliber pistol, took his wife’s place at the door and shot once, aiming for the center of the bear’s body. He thinks the first shot hit the bear and it charged him as Mauldin continued firing. As he was shooting, the bear got as close as 5 feet (1.5 meters) from Mauldin and then turned toward the stairs leading to the home’s front door. The bear crashed through a bannister as Mauldin emptied the gun and slid down the stairs, mortally wounded.
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Post by brobear on Aug 24, 2022 6:38:45 GMT -5
Woman attacked by a black bear in Vermont apnews.com/article/animals-wildlife-vermont-dogs-e1dad8d32f0a7271e0c9dab2b6a1f529 STRAFFORD, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont woman was attacked by a black bear over the weekend while walking her two dogs on trails on her Strafford property, the state Fish and Wildlife Department reported Tuesday. The 61-year-old woman was treated at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph on Saturday for non-life-threatening injuries, including a bite wound on her leg and multiple scratches, the department said. Fish and Wildlife game wardens and a bear biologist visited the site and concluded that the bear was a female with cubs who was likely provoked when the woman and her dogs surprised the group. They were unable to find the bear and say such attacks are extremely rare in the state. At the time of the attack, the woman had called her two dogs, who were out of sight, when she heard a large noise and realized a bear was charging her, officials said. She told game wardens that she tripped on a stone wall as the bear was charging her and then realized the animal was on top of her and had bitten her. The woman said her Jack Russell terrier barked at the bear, prompting the animal to get off of her. She said she left with her dogs without seeing the bear again and called 911 when she got home. She also texted a neighbor to take her to the hospital. “Bear attacks are extremely rare in Vermont,” said Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Bear Biologist Jaclyn Comeau. The department has records of just three previous bear attacks, she said. “However, at this time of year black bears are moving in family units and mothers will be protective of their cubs. If confronted by a bear it is essential to remain calm and back away slowly, and to fight back immediately if attacked.”
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Post by brobear on Sept 7, 2022 2:07:24 GMT -5
Elderly Bears Get The First “Taste of Freedom” After 20 Years Being Trapped In Cages aubtu.biz//9881?utm_source=TH20&utm_medium=dogloverclubpage&utm_campaign=CarolynMullet&utm_content=Animals&utm_term=19Jul It’s heartbreaking to see many wild animals are locked in cages and forced to live in poor living conditions. Animals were all born to live in their habitats and not behind bars and fences like prisoners. We need to understand that they have done nothing wrong to deserve this sort of treatment. This is the story of four bears Bruno, Fifi, Marsha and Pocahontas who locked up in tiny cages at a defunct zoo in Pennsylvania, USA in 20 years. Thankfully, Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado and PETA stepped in to rescue the poor bears. The bears were neglected and in poor shape, but they were finally freed and moved into a new living space. Due to being trapped in cages for a long time, the bears became very despondent, so it took a while for the bears to be familiar with the new life. However, with the proper care of staffs at the sanctuary, the bears finally understood that they were free and began to explore their new surroundings covering. We are happy to know that so many people are doing everything they can to save animals from captivity. That’s why we would like to provide our readers with an awesome video today. This video shows the bears taking their first steps outside of their cages and it’s an amazing moment to see.
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Post by brobear on Sept 7, 2022 2:08:42 GMT -5
Elderly Bears Get The First “Taste of Freedom”
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Post by brobear on Sept 8, 2022 8:54:29 GMT -5
Drowning Polar Bear Caught In Net Saved By Alaskan Inuit People www.whitewolfpack.com/2015/09/exhausted-polar-bear-caught-in-net.html?fbclid=IwAR1w-xJeteoUHvMiLxZnu8D5sZJV0voxw1JkbSMwWE9uTUzrcy79mVDyfm0 Rolan Warrior, an Inupiat guide from Kaktovik, was taking tourists to a barrier island to watch polar bears when he noticed one of the bruins caught in a net. “From rescue to conflict reduction efforts, Northern communities play an important role in the conservation of polar bears—they are on the ground 24/7 and have important experience and perspectives passed down from generations untold,” said Geoff York, Polar Bears International’s Senior Director of Conservation. Kaktovik residents in boats kept the bear from drowning until the tranquilizers set in. They then maneuvered the bear to shore where the net could be removed. Biologists were able to untangle the bear, check for injuries, and release it. “It’s great to see local people and scientists come together to solve a clear problem. In this time of unprecedented change, we need more collaboration across the Arctic and across groups,” York said. The relationship between bears and Inuit people of that region is a delicate balance between predators - and on this day - it was Inuit volunteers in small boats who saved the life of the great Nanuuq.( Polar bear Kaktovik Inupiat name) Flora Rexford says, "My mother and my father went on their boat, and then the guide, Rolan Warrior, the guy whose net it was, they went out with their boats. They helped with rescuing the bear because they darted it but it went into the ocean so if the boats weren't there ... they were critical in helping save it. They got it to the shore - rolled it up on the beach - had a hard time getting it up on the beach in the waves and they got the net free."
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Post by brobear on Sept 13, 2022 3:10:27 GMT -5
Grizzly Bear Gets Cartwheeled Attacking Bull Elk That Makes A Break The River www.whiskeyriff.com/2022/09/12/grizzly-bear-gets-cartwheeled-attacking-bull-elk-that-makes-a-break-the-river/ These are both some of the coolest animals that roam our forests. Any interaction with them is spectacular, but seeing these two different animals doing anything is cool, so when something wild pops up, I will always be here for it. Grizzly bears are one massive animal, weighing 600-pounds on average. They are known for their killing and love them some elk. I mean, it’s hard to blame them for that, elk is widely considered the best game meat out there by many. When a grizzly has the upper hand on an elk, it’s rare to seem them make it out alive. Grizzlies make calculated choices on how to get as much food as they can the easiest way. The love to target the young, old and wounded to give them as much of an advantage as possible. That was what the grizzly was thinking when he came across this wounded bull elk on a hillside. The grizzly even had the uphill advantage, or so he thought. The grizzly jumps and latches onto the hind on the elk that takes off downhill. Immediately the grizz falls off and cartwheels down before catching himself and continuing the chase. The wipe out gave the elk just enough space to get down into the river swimming away to its safety. I love it. What a wild encounter to see.
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Post by brobear on Sept 13, 2022 13:56:29 GMT -5
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 Conservation Groups Sue to Protect Yellowstone Grizzly Bears From Expanded Cattle Grazing BY MIKE GARRITY www.counterpunch.org/2022/09/13/conservation-groups-sue-to-protect-yellowstone-grizzly-bears-from-expanded-cattle-grazing/?fbclid=IwAR0WEc_kUYcEOWtwtJuhNIQVAItruPiOvYEKJwxQR6rHHqkQPC-1tITQGYo Montana’s Paradise Valley is aptly named, sitting between two towering mountain ranges, it cradles the mighty Yellowstone River that flows from its headwaters in America’s first national park and provides critical habitat to the native species still present 200 years after Lewis and Clark’s expedition. Yet, the Forest Service decided to expand cattle grazing on six allotments on the valley’s east side, including in a grizzly bear recovery zone. It is a formula for destruction of native vegetation, sedimentation in cutthroat spawning streams, and dead wolves and bears – which is why Western Environmental Law Center is representing the Alliance, Native Ecosystems Council, Western Watersheds Project and other wildlife and ecosystem protection groups in a lawsuit in federal district court in Montana on September 12th to challenge the agency’s decision. In addition to several of the allotments’ located in the grizzly bear’s “recovery zone,” the agency also expanded the area and lengthened the grazing season, putting the bears at increased risk of being killed in response to foreseeable conflict with private, for-profit cattle operations. Our lawsuit also names the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a defendant because the agency is supposed to be protecting endangered and recovering species but used out-of-date scientific information and failed to adequately consider the impacts of the grazing decision on grizzly bears in the Lower 48 states. The six grazing allotments lie just north of the border of Yellowstone National Park and encompass a portion of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, within an important habitat connectivity zone. Increased grizzly bear mortality in this area on the edge of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will not only slow grizzly bear range expansion, it will also keep the Yellowstone grizzly bear population genetically isolated, leading to irreversible inbreeding. Providing secure travel corridors between the Yellowstone ecosystem to the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem is essential to grizzly bear recovery. The Forest Service’s decision puts private cattle on the public’s national forest one month earlier in the spring when calves are still very small and tempting targets for hungry grizzlies starving for food after waking up from a long winter nap. The Forest Service based their analysis on the 1998 baseline population data when there were few grizzly bears north of Yellowstone National Park and before climate change decimated whitebark pines, the nuts of which have historically been the grizzlies’ primary food source. Illegally introduced lake trout likewise decimated Yellowstone’s once abundant native cutthroat trout, which provided a high-protein food source for the bears but today are threatened with extinction. This is not 1998, it is 2022. A quarter century later, Yellowstone grizzlies expanded their range in search of food to replace whitebark pine nuts and Yellowstone cutthroat throat. Therefore, more grizzlies are living in the Montana portion of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including in the vast Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area where some of the grazing allocations are located. It is imperative that the Forest Service analyze the impact of the grazing decision on the current conditions grizzlies bears face today. Failing to do so will result in the government and private ranchers killing far too many grizzly bears every year. Scientists estimate 46,500 -72,200 grizzly bears ranged over a million square miles of the West when European settlers showed up more than two centuries ago. Today about 1550 grizzly bears occupy only 3% of their former range in five demographically isolated populations in the Northern Rockies that face threats of inbreeding. Grizzly bears were listed as “threatened” in the lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act in 1975 – nearly a half-century ago. The Endangered Species Act exists for one reason: to protect and recover threatened and endangered species until they are no longer vulnerable to current and foreseeable threats. One of the major hurdles for grizzly bear recovery is to have one connected, genetically sound population – not five isolated inbred populations. Due to the physical disconnect from other populations, the Yellowstone grizzlies remain vulnerable to inbreeding and continue to require the legal protections of the Endangered Species Act. As the range of grizzlies expands, the most promising corridor for reconnecting Yellowstone’s bears with other populations is the area including and surrounding the Beartooth-Absaroka Wilderness Area on Yellowstone National Park’s northern border. In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Fish and Wildlife report that from 1980 to 2001 of the 191 total grizzly mortalities, 82% or 156 were human-caused mortalities. Of these 156 killed grizzlies, nine bears were killed to protect livestock interests. From 2002 to 2020, however, the numbers jumped significantly. Of the 563 grizzlies that died 86% or 483 were killed by humans. Of these 483 grizzlies killed by people, 122 bears were killed to protect livestock – more than one in four! In Wyoming’s Upper Green River grazing allotments on the south side of Yellowstone, the Fish and Wildlife Services recently authorized killing 72 grizzly bears over 10 years to protect cattle. We need help to do everything possible to attain safe travel corridors and the highest level of security for grizzly bears instead of putting them at risk for being killed because the Forest Service is putting more privately owned cattle, many of which are owned by billionaires, in grizzly bear recovery zones on a national forest owned by all Americans. Mike Garrity is the executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies.
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Post by brobear on Sept 15, 2022 5:39:50 GMT -5
Dying Bear Kills Russian Hunter That Shot It by Crushing His Skull www.newsweek.com/dying-bear-killed-russian-hunter-shot-crushing-skull-1717972 A dying bear has killed a Russian hunter that shot it by crushing his skull. The 62-year-old hunter had attempted to kill the bear from a platform in the Tulun district of the Irkutsk region of Russia, shortly before the animal turned on him, Russian news agency Interfax reported. As the hunter came down from the platform, the bear crushed the unnamed man's skull, and began clawing at him. Having been declared missing, the hunter's bloodied corpse was found after a search party patrolled the forest. He was discovered with claw and fang wounds. The bear's carcass was found about 54 yards away from the man. "The mortally wounded predator managed to inflict an injury from which the hunter died," the regional office of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs told Interfax. There are an estimated 13,000 wild bears in the Irkutsk region. Between 1991–2017, there were 264 recorded bear attacks in Russia. Most of these occurred on the Pacific Coast and in Siberia, where bear populations are higher. Bears are not usually aggressive towards humans unless they feel provoked or vulnerable. More often than not, a bear will run away from humans if it is scared. Bears that are more used to humans tend to be more aggressive. In July 2021, a bear attacked and killed a hiker in Ergaki national park. The bear approached the group of campers drooling, before it devoured 42-year-old Yevenggny Starkov, the Krasnoyarsk regional news service reported. A survivor watched the fellow hiker get eaten before running away. The body was not immediately found as the incident occurred in remote territory. Wildlife supervisor Sergey Gushchin said at the time that the bear may have been attracted to the campers' food. Not long after that incident, in August 2021, a 24-year-old Russian woman was never seen again after she disappeared into a forest near Severouralsk. Her remains were not found, however a bear was suspected to be responsible for the incident. It was believed that the bear may have buried her remains. Bears do not typically attack humans to eat. While they are predators, they prefer food that is readily available to them, rather than to directly target a victim. A bear is most likely to attack when food or its cubs are involved. It is not clear what species of bear attacked the hunter. However, brown bears, Kamchatka brown bear and Kamchatka brown bear can all be found in Russia. Brown bears can weigh up to 1,300 pounds and stand as tall as 7 feet when on two legs.
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Post by skibidibopmmdada on Sept 15, 2022 15:35:01 GMT -5
In America.. you report news of bear. In soviet russia, BEAR REPORTS NEWS OF YOU!
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Post by brobear on Oct 10, 2022 5:31:54 GMT -5
Mаmа bеаr sеnds hеr yоung tо thе mаn whо hаs bееn kind tо hеr thrоughоut thе yеаrs. animalp4radise.com/4667/?fbclid=IwAR36JNTupz8wqbOC0I6gdiyIDSHcZsNdcpSTSv5vC6KKzvl3hYAeAhqeF24 Most people wouldn’t be so calm if a bear came to their land, but one man chose to frighten it off instead of letting it stay. He and the bear developed a friendship as a result. Not too ominous In this region of America, black bears are reported to be widespread and accustomed to interacting with people. The number of bears in Asheville, North Carolina, is surging, and it appears that as a result, they have settled among humans. Beginning in the latter part of the 2017 summer, Patrick Conley began to receive frequent visits from a family of bears that soon began to resemble his own family. The bear Patrick named Simone makes an appearance in this video to say hello. Although Patrick is accustomed to this happening, the surprise she brought with her was enormous. She was followed by her first litter of cubs. The cubs were the prettiest things ever to traverse these woods, but Patrick is prejudiced. He couldn’t believe his eyes when he first saw them and even noted in the video’s description that they were. Patrick considers Simone to be a close buddy now, so seeing these cubs is likе meeting a new relative. Thankfully, Patrick’s trip with the bears is available for us to see right from the start, and it is an incredible journey to witness. Maté, the mother bear who is now a grandmother, is the mother of three bears: Simone, the one we see in the film, shy Solange, and her large son Maurice. Visit this man’s YouTube account to observe his encounters with these bears from the beginning.
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Post by brobear on Oct 13, 2022 4:00:32 GMT -5
500-Pound Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Brutally Mauls Young Bear In Effort To Mate With Its Mother October 5, 2022 - www.whiskeyriff.com/2022/10/05/500-pound-grizzly-bear-brutally-mauls-younger-bear-in-effort-to-mate-with-mother-at-yellowstone-national-park/?fbclid=IwAR1IpA51y79L1ycMFbYtl9Wem0FODKuvA_hZc2o8fklW0WbyJMqS-lXWkzo You’re walking through the woods, and accidentally walk up on a massive 500-pound male grizzly mauling a much younger grizzly, with the mother looking on. What you gonna do? It is pretty tough to watch, considering the much smaller grizzly doesn’t even stand a chance as it hopefully gets flung around by the massive grizzly. According to Outdoor Life, Paul Allen, a long-time visitor of Yellowstone and photographer, was the one to capture this wild footage on May 22nd. He was originally just taking pictures of the young bear, when all of a sudden, an older and larger pair of grizzlies approached it, and that’s when things got messy. He shared his theory of why the large grizzly did what he did, telling the outlet: “I’m no grizzly expert, but I’ve been coming to Yellowstone to shoot photos for about 20 years. I’ve seen lots of bears over the years, and I have a theory of what occurred. If the young bear knew they were near I believe he would have run away. But the female bear surprised the young one, and she initiated the fatal attack, and it wasn’t a bluff charge. Bears have a superb sense of smell, and I think she was trying to run the young bear away. She knew it was her cub. She was being courted and mated by the larger male grizzly, and a female won’t actively mate until their young leave them. The female was fighting the young male when the bigger male bear showed. He is the biggest grizzly I’ve ever seen in Yellowstone, about 500 pounds, aggressive and full of fight.” The site notes that the older bears more than likely smelled the younger one, as it appears the two didn’t accidentally come across it. Also, the younger bear would’ve quickly gotten out of there if it had seen them coming. You can also see the alleged mother was engaged in the fight throughout the whole video, meaning that she was more than likely trying to runoff her baby’s attacker.
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