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Dan Kotter hit the trail in Montana’s Great Bear Wilderness late last week, bear spray in hand, and he didn’t know he’d have to use it.
Kotter set out alone to collect hair samples for an ongoing bear population study led by Kate Kendall, the US Geological Survey’s leading grizzly… Read the rest
At 3:30am on August 28th, a Pleasanton family’s 2002 Toyota Prius was vandalized and stolen from their Lake Tahoe vacation home driveway. By a bear.
The Oakland Tribune… Read the rest reports that after the bear “wedged” itself inside the vehicle, it, realizing it couldn’t get out, panicked. The bear destroyed the inside
When 22-year-old Brooke Collins of Juneau, Alaska saw a black bear carrying her dauchsand, Fudge, around “like a salmon,” she did what most people would not do.
She punched the bear in the face.
“It was all so fast. All I could think about was my dog was going to… Read the rest
The Canadian Press just released a report stating that a man camping in Northwest Saskatchewan–who thought he heard a bear–accidentally shot a woman who was attempting to pee in the nearby woods late at night. We can only guess that the 26-year-old man purportedly mistook the sounds of woman urinating… Read the rest
It rained in Portland (again) on Wednesday and all of us here at Wend HQ were in a funk. But instead of letting the weather get us down, we decided to resort to what we always do when the funk settles in – simply stop working and start looking at… Read the rest
As 45-year-old Sean Berkey headed to work on Tuesday morning, he crossed the east end of Rover’s End trail on his bike, and came upon a grizzly bear and her young cub. Berkey stopped his bike, and the surprised sow charged.
Bruce Bartley, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of… Read the rest
Here at Wend we are experts at finding ways to enjoy the bare necessities (mother nature’s recipes) of life. Whether picking pawpaws or prickly pears; looking under rocks and plants; or stealing a glance at the fancy ants, we know how to forget about our worries and our strife. But… Read the rest
Great Smoky National Park officials euthanized a 60-pound female black bear responsible for biting a visitor earlier this month.
After tearing a chunk out of a guy’s foot when he came to close with a camera while hiking the Laurel Falls Trail on May 12, park rangers were able to… Read the rest
Remember Apollo? The rare white Kermode bear whose den was equipped with a live web cam this winter? Well he’s officially done hibernating, and his moment of awakening was, of course, caught on camera.
We have to admit, this happened about a month ago… but in the spirit of a… Read the rest
A few months ago, we brought you into the den of Lily, the first American Black Bear to have a live webcam showcasing her hibernation and the birth of her cub. Now it’s time we show you Apollo, a rare White Kermode bear, otherwise known as a “spirit bear,” the… Read the rest
A few days ago, we told you about Lily the black bear. Well, she isn’t the only critter you can watch via the “den cam” now. That’s right, the famous American black bear gave birth to a cub on Friday and it was caught on camera. Check Lily’s Twitter update… Read the rest
Some photos just scream for creative captioning and the second I came across this one I knew a contest was in order. Prove your wit by submitting the best caption and you will win a Klean Kanteen water bottle to help wash down some of the pride.
The contest:
Come… Read the rest
Before purchasing a sleeping bag there are three important questions you should ask your friendly retail employee:
1. What is the warmth-to-weight ratio?
2. What material is the shell made out of?
3. Will this bag protect me from bears?
The employee will jump to answer the first two questions,… Read the rest
Dolores and Lolita, two spectacled bears in the Leipzig Zoo in Germany, have gone almost completely bald – and nobody seems to know why. And it’s a bad time to be bald in Leipzig, as the freezing German winter is just beginning to set in.
But the tragedy of this… Read the rest
