Bears are often portrayed in cartoons to be friendly, fluffy and oddly cuddly. Not in real lfie, though – bears have a nasty habit to wander into human territory located too close from where they live, often creating patterns of destruction and even accidents. However, bears never meant to hurt anyone – they are just …
Some laws make sense. Like driving the posted speed limit – it saves lives (and fuel). Other laws don’t make sense, and they can often get overturned if enough people contact their local or state lawmakers. Tragically, the United States Senate has overturned a law put in place during the Obama administration. The law was …
A hungry young bear searching for food had a close encounter with a man in Lake Tahoe, unaware that he was being tracked and filmed by a videographer nearby. But it did not expect anyone to be around, let alone a human! It walked across the driveway and turned around the corner at the very …
Chris Mattern is a bear specialist from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehab Center. Adirondack Wildlife is a nonprofit dedicated to the rehabilitation and education of wildlife. In September 2016, Barnabee, a black bear, was found living in a shed in upstate New York. Barnabee weighed only 35 pounds. He was skin and bones, had ringworm …
Around the rivers of Alligator Point in Florida, United States, a wildlife officer was going about his usual patrol routine when he saw something – it was a black bear that ran loose. He alerted the Wildlife Commission – and they tranquilized the bear. Unfortunately, the bear panicked before the drug took effect – and ran into …
Poachers are claiming the lives of sloth bears in India. Not only that but humans keep encroaching on their territory, endangering not only to the sloth bear but others as well. Animals are exposed and more vulnerable, finding food becomes more challenging. Eventually, the animals end up wandering onto someone’s property and may destroy crops. Of …
Bile farms are simply inhumane. The bile that is taken from the bears will be used in traditional Chinese medicine. The treatment of the bears is unthinkable. Caesar had lived on a bile farm her entire life. She was confined to a small cage and has an open wound on her side so they can …
Blissfully clueless. That is the title I would give this video. Kelly Murphy had been snowboarding at the Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park near Nagano, Japan when this happened. The video is reportedly a selfie. SO, when the brown bear starts to stalk her – Kelly has no idea! She has her headphones on and …