Bear News
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By AFP
Rome -
Italian animal lovers cheered on a wild bear Tuesday after a daring escape from an electrified holding pen sparked a bear-hunt and a furore over its fate.
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By AFP
Oslo -
A polar bear was shot dead after attacking a German cruise ship worker on Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, the authorities said Sunday.The unnamed man in his 40's suffered head injuries shortly after landing on Spitzbergen island.
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By AFP
New Delhi -
Tourists on a wildlife safari in central India were treated to a rare and vicious fight for survival between a sloth bear defending its young and a huge Bengal tiger.
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Berlin -
Move over Knut, there's a new uber-cute polar bear in town. Meet Fritz, the three-month-old ball of fluff that a Berlin zoo is hoping will capture hearts around the world.
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By AFP
Tirana -
The two five-year-old Albanian bears carry physical and mental scars from their days of mistreatment and captivity -- Pashuk has marks from the tight chain on his neck, while Tomi is an alcoholic.
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Police have reported that a grizzly bear attacked and killed a cyclist close to the Glacier National Park, located in Montana.
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By AFP
Toukyo -
A Japanese man lost his little finger after being attacked by a bear in western Japan on Wednesday, police and reports said, the latest attack by the animals on humans.
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By AFP
Toukyo -
Residents seeking seasonal bamboo shoots in northern Japan are ignoring warnings to avoid a mountain despite four deaths from apparent bear attacks, officials said.
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By AFP
Toukyo -
The body of a fourth victim suspected of being killed by a bear in the past three weeks was found in a forest in northern Japan on Friday, reports said.
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Wildlife officials have a new breed of undercover agents: Robotic animals that are more than just taxidermy specimens. These animals are actually so realistic they are used to snare poachers all across the U.S.
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Bozeman -
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: "A black bear strolled into a high school..." but it's no joke.
It actually happened — at a high school in Montana. The bruin ambled around Bozeman High School around 7:30 a.m. before leaving on its own.
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Mission City -
Recently, a black bear was spotted in Mission, B.C., but it didn't look like your average bear. This is because it was sporting a blue head.
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Hoan Kiem -
Freed from captivity in tiny metal cages, seven long-suffering Asiatic moon bears have been rescued on bile farms in northern Vietnam, as efforts to end the illegal trade are boosted.
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It has emerged that Google has filed a patent for a "smart teddy bear" that could listen to your conversations, watch your movements and control media devices. It would have built-in speakers, cameras and microphones but Google's intentions are not clear.
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What should you do when faced with a charging bear? Most of us would either freeze or run, but one hunter from Sweden had another idea in mind.
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South Lake Tahoe -
Officials that are in charge of maintaining the Taylor Creek Visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe has warned people to stop taking selfies with bears.
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Sierra Madre -
As thousands of residents in southern California attempt to escape the stifling heat plaguing the area, wildlife are also seeking refuge from the triple digit temperatures, prompting a bear to take a dip in one neighborhood pool.
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Budapest -
Its not often you see a grizzly bear appear to act out a scene from the popular television show Baywatch, but that is exactly what visitors at the Budapest Zoo witnessed recently.
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Rice Lake -
In what looks like a real life version of the classic arcade game, Crane Game, a lumberjack in Wisconsin rescues a real life Winnie the Pooh who manages to get his head stuck in the proverbial honey jar.
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Edmonton -
Videos go viral for many reasons but footage of grizzly bears in Alberta became an unlikely global sensation, after Glenn Naylor, 58, an Alberta Parks officer, uploaded 'What goes on when you are not around'.
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A chemical extracted from the gallbladder of a bear stops a cellular stress response and stalls the progression of type-1 diabetes in mice.
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An 80-year-old shepherd headbutted and kicked a bear, which ended up tossing him off of a cliff, and survived the ordeal.
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Irkutsk -
A Russian couple hid in an outside bath house for several hours on Friday, Oct. 4 after a bear broke into their home and ate the borsch - beetroot soup - they had just made. The bear was attracted to the home by the delicious aromas from the cooling soup.
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Colorado Springs -
An enterprising black bear has been caught on CCTV video, calmly helping himself to a trash bin full of food behind a restaurant in Colorado Springs.
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Jamison -
Four Pennsylvania residents teamed up and attempted to free a bear that has its head stuck in a plastic jar of cooking oil for at least 11 days.
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People usually have to worry about other humans breaking into vehicles, but one neighborhood is on the watch for a bear hitting up cars and trucks.
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An Alaskan man, who was with his family, ended up walking away with only minor injuries after he got into a hands-on scuffle with the animal.
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A "yeti" that was reportedly sighted on several occasions in the Mount Shoria region of southern Russia has been determined through DNA tests to be an American bear that probably escaped from a circus.
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Locust Grove -
A new email about an old story is making its rounds through cyberspace, chronicling the story of Leo the lion, Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear.
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This video shows a home-owner, a lady, fearlessly shooing a large black bear she encounters climbing onto her porch. This is not the first time the bear has visited the house but it is the first time home-owner and bear meet.
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Bear Image
Knut being attacked by one of the older females CBS video screengrab
Bear cub Freeland Foundation
Schnute and Maxi, the official Berliner bears.
Circus from Moncton, NB comes to Lower Sackville, NS
Yogi Bear and Boo Boo take flight for picnic food Warner Bros
Days after the cruelty was captured on video, the starving mountain bear was dead - only to be replaced by another in Gabala, northern Azerbaijan. D Willard
A Canadian outdoor scene represented in lights in Dufferin Island Park, during the Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls, Canada.
A crow stares at the bear who just saved him from drowning. Screen Capture
The "non-toed fur -coaties" exhibition by Neozoon in Berlin
Schmute and Maxi, the official Berliner bears.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Pic taken by me, a Bear on a tree at Guwahati Zoo, Assam, India.
Schmute and Maxi, the official Berliner bears.
This is Bear, one of two dogs, the other was Dozzer, the Victoria SPCA put down in November. Many who knew the dogs have come forward to decry the killings and are now asking the Victoria SPCA and its management e the subject of an inquiry. Photo taken by Friend of Bear
Chad Fortune's leg after bear takes a bite and hospital stitches it up screengrab from Christina Rohn's video
Nishanto orders the bear down the stairs YouTube
Yogi Bear abd Boo Boo plan their next picnic basket heist Warner Bros
A black bear takes a swim in a Granada Hills pool Screen Capture
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