Training Bears
Ruth LaBarge has owned and trained bears for the entertainment industry for over thirty years. She has the largest selection of working Kodiak bears and black bears in North America….
Read MoreRuth LaBarge has owned and trained bears for the entertainment industry for over thirty years. She has the largest selection of working Kodiak bears and black bears in North America….
Read MoreUntrue. Bear researchers across America have found that such bears are no more likely to attack, and may be less likely to attack, than other bears. Here is a summary…
Read MoreUntrue. This is a common worry, but most people are afraid near bears and are not attacked. Bears seldom attack for any reason Meeting a black bear close-up can trigger…
Read MoreUntrue. People, bears, dogs, and other mammals have similar nervous systems to avoid pain and protect their bodies from injury (Fox 2007). Bears have unusually keen senses of smell, taste,…
Read MoreUntrue: Most of the time bears smell clean and fresh. Bear dens smell clean even after 5-7 months of use Bear Breath A high compliment would be to say someone…
Read MoreUntrue. This is a total myth—as it is for other young birds and mammals. Touching baby birds and mammals does not cause parents to reject them because of human scent….
Read MoreUntrue. Although government brochures warn people about it, there is no evidence for this misconception. Published 1981 (click image to see brochure) In 1967, grizzly bears in Glacier National Park…
Read MoreUntrue. This is one of the biggest misconceptions about black bears. Mother black bears are highly unlikely to attack people in defense of cubs. Mother Black Bear and Cubs Mother…
Read MoreUntrue. The mothers’ metabolic rates are slowed by hibernation, but they wake up to birth and care for the cubs like other mothers do. Lily and Hope in the den…
Read MoreBy Lynn Rogers, PhD In working closely with wild bears for over 50 years, I have gradually become more and more comfortable with them as I learned their “language” and…
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