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Bear Spray: Still Your Best Line of Defense in Grizzly Territory, Bear Experts Believe

Your best defense if you ever encounter a surprised or angry grizzly bear? Bear spray, according to a report on the Fourth International Human-Bear Conflict Workshop in Missoula, Mont., published in The Missoulian newspaper last weekend. The workshop involved more 300 bear experts, including author and bear expert Steve Herrero (Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance) and professor emeritus from the University of Calgary, who participated in 2 separate studies examining the effectiveness of ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 28, 2012 4:58 PM & Tagged bear canisters, bear spray, food storage and grizzly bears | permalink | Comments



White-furred Spirit Bears: A Canadian Rarity

Spirit bears -- little known, but fascinating to see. In a report aired Thursday (Nov. 25) by ABC News, many viewers probably got their first glimpse of Kermode bears, a tiny subspecies of black bears that displays white or cream-colored fur. (If you watch the clip, we apologize for the unavoidable commercial intro.) The bears' range is limited to Canada, within a swath of the British Columbia coastline known as the Great Bear Rainforest, an area stretching north of Vancouver Island to the ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on November 26, 2010 5:28 PM & Tagged Great Bear Rainforest, Kermode bears, bear canisters, black bears, food storage, spirit bears and white bears | permalink | Comments



Yes, Bears Have a Nose for Your Campground Food

Every spring, Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo stages a graphic demonstration of what can happen to a sloppy, untended campsite. Their goal is to educate visitors on how we can live more harmoniously with bears. The hosts of the demo are the real thing: a pair of 850-pound grizzly bears looking for an easy meal. Check out the video (below) to see how long the cooler survives with the weight of a bear on it. The video, which shows a previous year’s demo, offers a good reminder to secure your food and ...

Posted by Steve T on June 15, 2010 6:55 PM & Tagged bear canisters, bears, camping, food and zoo | permalink | Comments