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Bear Rehabilitation Centers
While bear attacks on humans draw much more media interest, the damage done to bears by humans is being recognized and bear rehabilitation is becoming more common.
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Black Bear Attacks Not so Common
As black bears leave their dens, the chance of human-animal conflict increases. Despite increasing encounters black bear attacks are not common.
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Dangerous Bear News For The End Of The Millenium
A description of recent grizzly and black bear problems in the Western Canada/Southeastern Alaska region.
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How Dangerous Are Black Bears?
A description of the highly varying dangerousness of black bears in different geographical areas. Precautions are suggested and several unfortunate incidents are described, some graphically.
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How to Avoid a Bear Attack
Bears don't attack campers or hikers often, but it's best to know what to do when confronted with a bear ahead of time.
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How to Prevent Bear Attacks in Canadian Rockies
Visitors to mountain parks such as Jasper and Banff often fear bear encounters. With a bit of information, visitors can avoid these encounters and prevent bear attacks.
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Hiking in Black Bear Country
Know what to do when encountering a bear in the woods.
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Surviving Bear Encounters
When facing a bear one is faced with fight or flight, though prevention is better than cure.
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Black Bears Roam Wild in Glitzy Aspen
In Aspen, human and bear conflicts continue to escalate. A lack of natural food sources is forcing bears into houses, businesses, and unfortunately, traps.
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The Bear Facts
Bears are deadly killing machines, on the lookout for food at every opportunity, sometimes resulting in attacks on humans. Learn why bears attack and what can be done to protect yourself in the event of an attack taking place.
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Black Bears in the Granite State
Learn about the campaign by the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department to keep Black bears and people safe from each other.
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Defensive Techniques When Encountering Bears
Knowing what to do when spotting a bear can be important for staying safe in the woods.
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CANADA'S NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
The Northwest Territories is located above the 60th parallel. This remote part of Canada is one of the few places in North America where you can still have a true wilderness experience.
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What happened to the baby? (Part I of II)
Mothers from all over the world tell stories to one another warning about the menacing dangers of pregnancy and childhood. I hadn’t fully realized, until I myself became pregnant, how much cultural anxiety is directed toward the pregnant woman and her child. Regardless of culture, the pregnant woman is subjected to sometimes highly specific prescriptions of what to eat, behaviors to avoid, and omens to look out for, whether these be advocated by the authority of the medical community or function simply as “old wives tales.”
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CHURCHILL MANITOBA: Polar Bear Capital of the World
Most of us have seen polar bears at the zoo but have you ever wished to view them in their natural habitat? If so, plan a trip to Churchill, Manitoba - The Polar Bear Capital of the World.
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Review - Grizzly Man Documentary
Timothy Treadwell loved grizzly bears. Then he was eaten by one. Grizzly Man is a look at the man who spent half of every year living outdoors with the animals he adored.
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American Conservation Film Festival
On November 5th thru November 8th, 2009 Shepherdstown, WV will host the American Conservation Film Festival.
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Devils Tower Wyoming Offers Great Rock Climbing
Native Americans consider it a holy place and call it the Bear's Lodge. Scientists call it an igneous rock and for both reasons, it is protected by National Park Service.
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Springtime Cold is Bad News for Belugas
When a springtime cold snap suddenly froze the waters of an Arctic sound, more than 50 beluga whales were trapped by the ice, and hungry polar bears in wait.
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Be Bear Aware
Information about bear safety in British Columbia.
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JET Programme: Teaching in Japan
The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme invites 5000 people a year to teach in rural Japan. Here you will learn how to apply, and life during and after JET.
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You are the Visitor in Their Environment
Approaching wildlife can be dangerous so why take the chance.
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Hugh Glass, Mountain Man (Part 1)
Hugh Glass is mostly known as the mountain man who survived an attack by a bear. Even when others didn't know him personally, they knew him for that fact. But what about his life before and after that event. Much is still unknown, but some details are available to paint a complete picture of the brave mountain man.
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Communicating with Bears: Grizzlies
A description of how grizzlies communicate with people and how people can communicate back to them with an eye to assuring safety and peace. Bear safety will be covered in a future article.
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Communicating With Bears: Black Bears
First article of three on how to understand and communicate with bears. This article deals solely with U.S. black bears and covers suggestions on how to interpret their actions and act towards them.
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Trekking in Tasmania
A hiking trip to Tasmania proves to be spectacular with wombats, Tasmanian devils and paddemelons.
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