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Post by skibidibopmmdada on Dec 5, 2022 8:20:50 GMT -5
Georizzly Wabearington must be proud.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Dec 7, 2022 7:53:33 GMT -5
This bear would easily defeat any tiger to ever live. I doubt so. The coacaine bear is only 175 pounds.
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Post by skibidibopmmdada on Dec 7, 2022 8:49:10 GMT -5
This bear would easily defeat any tiger to ever live. I doubt so. The coacaine bear is only 175 pounds. Just look at his drip dude, you think a tiger can beat that? No way man..
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Post by brobear on Dec 25, 2022 14:31:52 GMT -5
Relocated ‘nuisance’ bear travels nearly 1,000 miles, returns to national park Published December 24, 2022 www.fox35orlando.com/news/bear-609-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-relocated-black-bear?fbclid=IwAR08mmSgPGOTlaWmp31cHarHhlD6jUKmvCYF53j7WGG1XeXgiGkimv8oIwI A bold black bear with a reputation for looting campsites and backpacks has wowed researchers once again. Bear 609, a black bear in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, had to be relocated for exhibiting "food-conditioning behavior," or what happens when bears get accustomed to eating food and garbage from people, explained Bill Stiver, a wildlife biologist for the park. "We did try to do some things to prevent moving her the first year," Stiver said. "We let her go back in the same location, and often it will put that fear of people in them, but she returned the next year, getting food out of fire rings and challenging people for their backpacks." National Park Service officials moved Bear 609 from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Cherokee National Forest, about 45 or 50 miles from where she was caught. She was fitted with a GPS tracker before being released. From there, the bear "almost immediately" started traveling south, trekking through Georgia and South Carolina before circling around Asheville, North Carolina. She headed north from Asheville and reentered the national park, eventually making it within five or six miles of where she was caught on July 8. "Frankly, I thought she would just go back to where we caught her because a lot of bears do that," Stiver said. "That circle around those few states was 300-400 miles." But Bear 609 wasn’t done with her travels yet. She turned south again and did an even bigger circle, about 450-500 miles through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. She was even spotted at a shopping mall in Alpharetta, Georgia, where she was hit by a car. Still, she kept going, crossing major interstates and passing through urban areas. "She just kind of never stopped moving," Stiver said. READ MORE: These animals are champions in this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Now, her trackers believe she’s denned in Tennessee, back in Cherokee National Forest "about 20 miles from where we dropped her off." Stiver is one of the researchers for a three-year study tracking what happens to black bears when they're relocated from the park. Why she traveled as far as she did is still a mystery. "As we’re doing this study we’ve seen a few bears make some very long distance moves, but this is by far the longest," Stiver said. Bear 609 is lucky: Stiver said about two-thirds of relocated bears die within four-five months. That’s why it’s so important to educate people on reducing human-bear conflicts and preventing them from getting to food and garbage. "When that happens obviously they’re more vulnerable to getting hit by cars, and they’re more vulnerable to hunting," Stiver said. Bearwise.org is a great resource for learning what to do — and what not to do — if you live or recreate in areas with bears, he said.
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Post by brobear on Jan 10, 2023 17:28:57 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Jan 24, 2023 17:37:18 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Jan 27, 2023 0:12:09 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 31, 2023 6:08:52 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Jan 31, 2023 6:24:01 GMT -5
Reply #807... WORLD'S SADDEST POLAR BEAR DIES Last days of tortured Arturo pictured after the polar bear was forced to live out his days in 40C heat at Argentina zoo The last polar bear in Argentina is just one of more than 60 animals to die at the controversial zoo. THE devastating last days of Arturo, known as the "saddest polar bear in the world" have been revealed. The polar bear was forced to live in a hot Argentinian enclosure for years but died at 31-years-old over the weekend.
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Post by skibidibopmmdada on Feb 1, 2023 19:37:58 GMT -5
The poor thing has been enduring that for years? Was the enclosure big atleast? Did it have space to even move properly?
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Post by Montezuma on Feb 9, 2023 18:09:30 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Feb 10, 2023 5:43:26 GMT -5
Whathahell is wrong with those sumvitches!?!
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Post by brobear on Feb 10, 2023 9:19:38 GMT -5
Neighbors rally around stuck bear: They tossed him Pop-Tarts and then started digging www.whittierdailynews.com/2023/02/07/stuck-bear-gets-pop-tarts-and-excavation/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=fb-whittierdailynews&fbclid=IwAR2eaNXw0YDezuSVGKgTX-gm8pV6kS05O1rcPoVJ97RVTgq3qXlHGnsFrOo A bear that got stuck in the snow won the sympathy of Minnesotans, who tossed fish and Pop-Tarts and then came up with a plan to dig him out. Wildlife officers took over the excavation effort, and the bear was freed Monday and on his way to a new den. Neighbors near the community of Wannaska, in the state’s northwest corner, became aware of the bear’s predicament on Sunday. Nobody knew for sure what was preventing him from leaving, but he was stuck in a ditch with just his head above the snow. Andy Tri, bear project leader for the state’s Department of Natural Resources, said the bear — an adult male weighing about 400 pounds — had made a den in a culvert. During a recent period of warm weather, water began flowing, and the bear apparently tried to leave. “I don’t think he was totally frozen in,” Tri said. “I think he just got caught up in some of that thick ice … and just hooked himself goofy.” Spencer Krohn of Greenbush was one person who took to social media on Sunday to try to coordinate an effort to dig the bear out that evening. “We were going to go out there and take every precaution necessary, but basically we just wanted to dig it free enough so it could get out,” he said. He said a local couple had started to dig the bear out before wildlife officials arrived on the scene and blocked off the area. “So we kind of had to stand around and wait for their decision,” said Krohn. Tri said he first heard about the situation about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, when he received a call from Kyle Arola, a wildlife manager at nearby Thief Lake. Arola and another state conservation officer had tried poking the bear with a stick. Usually, that’s enough to get them moving, but it was clear in this case that the bear was stuck. The two men stayed at the site until “way after dark” Sunday night, Tri said. “All they could do last night was keep him safe and keep folks out of the area to make sure they’re not messing with him or stressing him out by taking pictures and getting too close,” Tri said on Monday. “And then, it was textbook after that.” Tri drove up from Grand Rapids early Monday and administered a sedative to the bear. He and four other DNR officers used a rope with “paw cuffs” to extract the animal from the deep snow. It took them “20 minutes max” to free the bear, he said. The bear showed no sign of frostbite despite its ordeal, Tri said. Ear tags were affixed to the sedated bear, and he was put in the bed of a pickup truck for a ride to the Thief Lake Wildlife Management Area. “We’ll make him a new den,” Tri said Monday. “He probably won’t stay, but at least it will give him some protection from the elements after that.” Tri said some of the locals who saw the bear stuck in snow tried to help by tossing food such as a sucker fish, lettuce and Pop Tarts. “That’s one thing that I love about greater Minnesota is that everybody’s willing to lend a hand,” Tri said. “Bears aren’t eating this time of year, but their hearts were in the right place.”
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Post by brobear on Feb 24, 2023 5:56:28 GMT -5
Andean bear escapes from zoo two times in one month... www.cleveland19.com/2023/02/24/bear-escapes-zoo-enclosure-2nd-time-this-month-prompting-lockdown/?fbclid=IwAR1X5QsV3uO8Jm0pOx_riex44zPXMYlq5FE3NQ9qhY_S7DSHEkhwHKFmzsg ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - For the second time, an Andean bear got out of its enclosure at the Saint Louis Zoo. On Thursday, officials with the zoo said the bear named Ben escaped its enclosure after crawling through a hole in the mesh habitat where the material connects for support. Zoo visitors shared with KMOV that they were told to move away from the area while crews searched for the animal. Saint Louis Zoo officials said a lockdown was issued until the bear was darted by the team and moved back to its indoor habitat. According to the zoo, the incident lasted about 50 minutes. Ben previously escaped his enclosure in the River’s Edge exhibit on Feb. 7. *Note: video on site provided.
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Post by brobear on Mar 9, 2023 4:45:01 GMT -5
Biologist spots Yellowstone National Park’s first grizzly bear of 2023 www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/23006.htm News Release Date: March 7, 2023 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – On Tuesday, March 7, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from hibernation. The adult bear, estimated at 300-350 pounds, was seen near the remains of a bison carcass in Pelican Valley, in the central-eastern part of the park. The first bear sighting of 2022 also occurred on March 7. Male grizzlies come out of hibernation in early March. Females with cubs emerge in April and early May. When bears emerge from hibernation, they look for food and often feed on elk and bison that died over the winter. Sometimes, bears will react aggressively to encounters with people when feeding on carcasses. All of Yellowstone National Park is bear country: from the deepest backcountry to the boardwalks around Old Faithful. Protect yourself and the bears people come here to enjoy by following these guidelines: Prepare for a bear encounter. Carry bear spray, know how to use it, and make sure it’s accessible. Stay alert. Hike or ski in groups of three or more, stay on maintained trails, and make noise. Avoid hiking at dusk, dawn, or at night. Do not run if you encounter a bear. Stay 100 yards (91 m) away from black and grizzly bears. Approaching bears within 100 yards is prohibited. Use binoculars, a telescope, or telephoto lens to get a closer look. Store food, garbage, barbecue grills, and other attractants in hard-sided vehicles or bear-proof food storage boxes. Report bear sightings and encounters to a park ranger immediately. Learn more about bear safety. “Spring visitors skiing, snowshoeing, or hiking in Yellowstone National Park are reminded to carry bear spray and be especially alert for bears near carcasses and areas with early spring green-up. These are the first foods sought out by grizzlies after emerging from hibernations,” said Kerry Gunther, the park's bear management biologist. Bear spray has proven effective in deterring bears defending cubs and food sources. It can also reduce the number of bears killed by people in self-defense. While firearms are allowed in the park, the discharge of a firearm by visitors is a violation of park regulations. The park restricts certain visitor activities in locations where there is a high density of bears, along with elk and bison carcasses. Restrictions will begin in some bear management areas on March 10.
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Post by brobear on Mar 9, 2023 4:45:27 GMT -5
Grizzly bear on Swan Lake Flat
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Mar 11, 2023 0:49:29 GMT -5
/\ It looks like spring season in my opinion.
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Post by brobear on Mar 13, 2023 9:24:56 GMT -5
Montana Bear Conflicts Shot Off the Charts in 2022 outsider.com/outdoors/news-outdoors/montana-bear-conflicts-shot-charts-2022/ “It was a hellish year for black bears with us,” said Montana Dept. of Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Jamie Jonkel towards the end of 2022. During a Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee’s Northern Continental Divide Subcommittee meeting (yes, it’s a mouthful) last December, he didn’t stop there. “Black bears were nuts this year,” Jonkel added. “We were busy from May on, just constant black bear stuff. And it’s still going.” As Billings Gazette cites, Jonkel is a veteran bear manager of the Missoula area. And in his decades-long career, he has never had to deal with such a sheer volume of bear-conflict reports. He’s never seen as many bears active through the winter as he’s seeing right now, either. At the time of his previous comments, the full 2022 conflict data for his Region 2 hadn’t even been finalized. There was no way for it to be, as conflicts were still pouring in. In total, the sheer volume of reports from last year will be off the charts once documented in full. And that’s just for black bears. “I haven’t even started on the grizzly bear stuff,” Jonkel added. Almost two months into 2023, he was only halfway through logging black bear conflicts from 2022. That halfway mark? 800 incidents. That’s twice his Montana region’s total black bear conflicts reported throughout all of 2021. As for those grizzlies, Montana’s larger bears were showing unusual winter behavior. “We’ve got a lot of grizzly activity still from the Blackfoot.” As BG‘s Joshua Murdock cites of the situation, “trappers couldn’t set traps yet because the bears weren’t denning.” In short, whatever has Montana bears on edge is bleeding over into 2023. Most of North America’s black bears aren’t true hibernators and will stay semi-active throughout winter in milder-to-warm climates. But where it gets real cold and icy, bears still den up. Or, some of them do. “There’s more bears than we have ever had in a normal winter,” Jonkel added. And he has no idea what’s causing all of this commotion. “Could be an anomaly. Could be an indicator of climate change,” he said. “Could be an indicator of bears saying, ‘Well, I’ll just stay out and keep eating because the food’s available.’ Could be an indicator of bears saying, ‘Look, I’m hurting and I’m going to come out early.’” Why are Montana Bears Spazzing Out? More recently, Jonkel went on record saying “I’ve got some theories” as to what’s happening, however. In 2022, Montana saw a widespread “failure” of natural food sources for bears. Whether black or brown, the resources they typically seek were either scarce or non-existent. This leaves bears skinny and hungry. But it also forces them to pursue what food does exist. And humans have a lot of food to spare. From poultry cooped up in yards to overflowing trash cans and dumpsters, Montana bears had a buffet at their disposal. But this is far from ideal, and leads to the sort of record-breaking year Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks doesn’t enjoy. One curiosity has Jonkel stumped above all others, though. “What’s unusual this year is we’ve already had three sets of grizzly tracks seen in the upper Blackfoot,” he said. The area, which lies northeast of Missoula, is prime grizzly habitat. But typically, the first grizzlies to emerge each year in the Lower 48 are in Yellowstone National Park. Yet here we are in 2023 with Blackfoot grizzlies beating them to the punch, signaling another bizarre year for Montana and their bears.
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 19, 2023 12:13:28 GMT -5
18 April 2023, Tuesday. Pakistan
Good news. A female black bears give births to two cubs in rare captivity breeding. .
"DERA GHAZI KHAN: A female bear gave birth to two cubs at the Dera Ghazi Khan Zoo in first-ever captive breeding of the rare Balochistan black bears in the facility.
According to officials, a male black bear freed from illegal possession of some poachers in DG Khan Region of the Punjab Wildlife Department, which was brought to the zoo for protection and care in the light of a court order a few years ago, while a female bear was shifted from Bahawalnagar Wildlife Park to the Zoological Garden, DG Khan.
Under an unusual breeding plan devised by wildlife department, the two black bears were kept together at the zoo, that proved successful, resulting in the birth of two cubs, the official said. They said it was the first incident of bear breeding at the zoo.
The officials said that for the protection of the cubs, the male bear was separated from the female two months before the birth. They said the mother and the cubs were healthy and were being provided good care.
They said the bear breeding in captivity was a reflection of “excellent wildlife management and conservation,” giving its credit to the efficient administration by Wildlife Deputy Director Mohammad Hussain Khan and assistant director/zoo veterinary officer.
Dera Ghazi Khan Zoo has also witnesses successful breeding of various other wild animals and birds facing extinction."
www.dawn.com/news/1748219/birth-of-two-bear-cubs-at-dg-khan-zoo#:~:text=DERA%20GHAZI%20KHAN%3A%20A%20female,black%20bears%20in%20the%20facility.
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 20, 2023 17:06:35 GMT -5
Lin the Panda dies: "A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cause of Lin Hui's death was not immediately clear but she appeared to have become ill Tuesday morning, and her nose was seen bleeding when she laid down after a meal, said Wutthichai Muangmun, the zoo director. She was rushed into the care of a joint Thai-Chinese veterinarian team but her condition deteriorated and she died early Wednesday morning, he said. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/giant-panda-dies-thailand-zoo-loan-china-lin-hui/
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