Ranch Hand Fined After Filming Grizzly Chase
It was back in March when Lawrence Lane Kennedy posted the now viral video of him and a friend pursuing a grizzly bear in a pickup truck. It was later revealed that the two men did not intend to worry or harm the bear; they were simply attempting to move the bear away from […]
The Black Bear in Colorado Who Locked Itself Inside a Subaru
“How’d you get in there, bear?” a Jefferson County Deputy asked the black bear in a video recently released on YouTube. Just before 9am in Golden, Colorado, deputies were alerted about a peculiar situation in which a black bear had somehow entered a parked Subaru and was unable to get out. The owner of the […]
Idaho Outlines Potential Grizzly Hunting Regulations
Last week the Idaho Department of Fish and Game proposed a number of regulations surrounding a potential grizzly bear hunt if the bears wind up being removed from the endangered species list in the coming year. The regulations, now open for public comment, would allow hunting in the eastern region of the state, closely […]
61-Year Old Canadian Man Fights Off Bear with Fists
Sixty-one year old Rick Nelson of Sudbury, Ontario was routinely walking his dog in a wooded area last weekend, when he was suddenly confronted by a black bear cub. Startling the cub, it quickly called for its mother out of fear. “I sat down on a log and the bear cub poked its head out […]
Eight Men Receive 77 Charges Stemming from Illegal Black Bear Hunting
That’s right; West Virginia’s Natural Resources Police laid down 77 charges of violations on eight men stemming from a variety of alleged illegal bear hunting activities that took place between May and September of 2015. Mark Allen Lampka Jr. and Chad Fridley of Mount Storm, Daniel Boddy, Dustin Knaggs and James Scott Kuhn of […]
Coyotes Listed as No.1 Livestock Predator in Montana This Year
What might come as a surprise to some, with record numbers of livestock killed already this year by grizzly bears, they are not, in fact, the number one predator of livestock in the state of Montana. According to Montana Wildlife Services, as of May 31, this year’s tally of livestock killed and probable by […]
Florida Wildlife Officials Vote Down 2016 Bear Hunt
The vote came after a 10-hour discussion inside a high school gymnasium in the Panhandle town of Eastpoint, Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission came to a final vote of 4-3 in opposition of holding the state’s second consecutive bear hunt at around 8:15pm Wednesday evening. “We have to do what’s best […]
Florida Officials Recommend Fall Bear Hunt Amid Brutal Opposition
In an announcement that likely both surprised and infuriated bear advocates in the sunshine state, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is recommending a fall bear hunt in 2016. The hunt itself, if approved, will be broken into three, four-day periods on a first-come, first-served basis for permits and will be the second […]
Unusual White-Colored Bear Cub Spotted in Whistler
The resort town of Whistler, situated just north of Vancouver is known for being the largest skiable area in North America and also for its picturesque views of the wild side of British Columbia. It was here a group on a guided tour spotted a cream-colored bear cub with its mother that has since […]
B.C. Hunting Organization Expects Province to Require Grizzly Hunters to Retain Meat
The hunting of grizzly bears in British Columbia has long been under fire by opponents who believe that the chief motivation of killing grizzly bears in the province has little to do with their meat. While this remains to be proven, current regulations are making that argument easier to make for those on the opposing […]